IRISH PDC star Dylan Slevin said he will be doing everything in his power to qualify for the World Championships in Ally Pally next month.
There will be a £1 million prize on offer to the winner for the first time at this year's tournament, with Slevin aiming to be one of those battling to get his hands on it.
He will first have to come through the PDC Tour Card holder qualifiers on November 24.
Slevin told Darts In Ireland: "I've the qualifier at the end of the month. I got through it last year so would be hopeful I'll do so again.
"If I get into it, we'll see how it goes. There's a million up for grabs now and we'll do our hardest to win it."
A good run at the Ally Pally could go a long way to securing Slevin a PDC tour card for another year.
The latest PDC rankings table shows him sitting just three places outside the top 64 that retain their cards, as he looks to close a £4,500 gap.
However Slevin admits that with so many opportunities out there now for non tour card holders, it wouldn't be the end of the world for those who come off the tour.
He added: "Everyone still wants to give the PDC a go and if you have it, you can do well on it.
"But even now as an amateur there are loads of other ways to make money from the game now.
"It's amazing with the Modus, the Challenge Tour and now you have the ADCs. The ADCs are throwing out some amount of money now."
Slevin recently enjoyed a successful stint at the Killarney Darts festival, winning the team event with his Offaly team-mates Stephen Ronsey, Brian Fletcher Jnr, Ronan McDonagh and Trevor English.
This top class Offaly team came through some tough battles to win the All Ireland Darts championship. defeating last year's winners from Donegal in the semi-final and then a strong Dublin team on stage in the final.
Slevin admits that all eyes were on him during his games at the INEC Arena.
He said: "You obviously have it in the back of your head that people will be saying 'ah Dylan Slevin won't be bet', but every professional has their bad game. You don't throw well every game you play. Every pro will tell you that.
"But yeah there is a small bit of pressure when everyone is looking at your match, but you just get on with it and try stay in your own little bubble and just try to get over the line for your team."
Slevin certainly got over the line in his match in the final, when he responded to a stunning 161 checkout from his opponent Garrett Gray in the first leg with a 170 big fish of his own in the next leg,
Dylan said: "I've known Garrett for a few years now and have always known he was one of the top dart throwers in Ireland and he is coming back to form. I've played him a few times now and every game he has given me a tough time and I've just managed to get over the line.
"You have to be on your A game to play Garrett."
Meanwhile, Slevin said the future of Irish darts looks promising given the huge number of youth players coming though now.
He said: "The amount of youths playing at Irish tournaments now is amazing, there does be over 100. That is great for the INDO.
"Back when I was playing youths we would have just 60 or 70, but it's growing all the time now. There's a few young lads there and they have bright future ahead of them."
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