Irish trio Keane Barry, Josh Rock and Daryl Gurney are through to Saturday's action after coming through a busy Friday at the UK Open.
Rivals Luke Littler and Luke Humphries progressed with emphatic wins on Friday in an event often cited as the FA Cup of darts given its unique open draw format.
Barry started with a 6-5 win over Kim Huybrechts before a 10-2 win over 19-year-old Henry Coates.
Rock edged a thriller with Willie O’Connor, moving forward after a 10-9 win. Gurney, meanwhile, was too good for Niels Zonneveld, winning 10-7.
Littler got the better of Damon Heta 10-3 and Humphries won by the same score against Luke Woodhouse.
Tempers frayed between James Hurrell and Charlie Manby after the latter won their third-round tie on a night where Nathan Aspinall exited in a hard-fought contest with Michael van Gerwen.
Elsewhere, Gian van Veen, Joe Cullen and Chris Dobey tasted defeat at Minehead, while Danny Noppert hit a nine-darter during his win over Dimitri van den Bergh.
Peter Wright was able to book his place on Saturday after a 10-6 triumph over Scottish rival Cameron Menzies.
