Luke "The Nuke" Littler, now 17, was 11 when he stepped into the shop of Karl Holden in St Helens, Merseyside, for the first time.
And last night the prodigy was competing in the semi-finals of the PDC World Championship -facing Stephen Bunting - at Alexandra Palace in North London.
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