Australian star Damon Heta hit a nine-darter to win himself and a fan £60,000 but still crashed out of the World Darts Championship.
Heta took on Luke Woodhouse in the third round of the tournament, with the duo playing the first match following the Christmas break. The 37-year-old entered the championship as the ninth seed.
A record number of seeded players were knocked out before Christmas Eve, including former champions Gary Anderson, Michael Smith and Rob Cross. It was a difficult start for Heta on Friday as he lost the first set to Woodhouse.
The second set was finely poised at one leg all when Heta stepped up to the oche. He proceeded to hit two 180s and then checkout from 141, with a treble 20, treble 19 and a double 12.
The nine-darter was just the second of the entire tournament, with Heta having gone one dart away from the feat in his first game. It also banked him a £60,000 bonus from the tournament's title sponsors Paddy Power.
The bookmaker will also donate £60,000 to Prostate Cancer and to a fan in attendance at the Alexandra Palace. The fan was picked following the game's fourth set and he could be seen dancing on a table.
Heta went on to win the set before then taking a commanding 3-1 lead in the race to four sets. But things quickly went downhill, with Woodhouse winning nine successive legs to complete a remarkable comeback victory.
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An overwhelmed Woodhouse told Sky Sports after his win: "Me and Damon are good friends, we hang out and practice together a lot. So I know he was gutted when he missed the double 12 in his first game.
"So it was great that he hit the nine-darter. The crowd went wild. I couldn't not celebrate with him. I'm over the moon. It's not just me, it's my family, my wife, my boy so it's good, it's really good."
Former world champion John Part admitted his surprise at seeing Heta land the nine-darter. And he felt the Australian's celebrations after hitting it may have cost him later in the match.
He told Sky Sports: "It just was surreal. Just back after the break, it was very early in the match and we weren't expecting. After a few misses, it's good to see one go in again. It's not going to be a lot of consolation.
"He's going to be disappointed. The ugly nine for him was the other nine legs he couldn't deal with. He's not going to sleep well. For Damon Heta it's about more than those nine dart moments.
"That was mid-set so he had to get his focus back. He did get the job done. But does it wear you out? It burned a lot of adrenaline. So you could maybe say it was an issue. One of the problems for Damon was Luke Woodhouse had a shaky start but won the first set anyway."