Andy Smith hopes his friend Terry Jenkins can complete a quickfire second-round victory at the Ladbrokes.com World Championship today - so he can get home for a Christmas party.

Smith got his own Circus Tavern campaign off the ground with an easy 3-0 win over China's Shi Yongsheng although, by his own admission, he did not play well.

But instead of heading straight back up the motorway to his Warwickshire home, the 39-year-old 'Pieman' hung around in Essex to support sixth seed Jenkins against Steve Beaton.

Their match is scheduled to start around 3pm today, which all being well gives Smith enough time to enjoy at least some of the Christmas bash organised by his fellow lumberjacks.

"The party is all arranged for tonight - we've got a dinner and a comedian booked," said the world number 21 from Studley.

"But I'm afraid I'll have to miss some of it because I'll be watching my mate Terry play.

"Hopefully I'll get back in time to have the last drink with the lads. As soon as Terry has played I'll go straight back, get there between 7pm and 8pm and have a Christmas drink."

In the second round Smith will face 12th seed Andy Jenkins, a player he knows well having twice lost to 'Rocky' in the Las Vegas Desert Classic.

Smith feels it is time he redressed the balance, especially as Jenkins uses gamesmanship in their matches to try to gain a psychological edge.

"Andy gets into my head," admitted Smith. "He keeps saying I'm easy and that he'll beat me. He says little things to try to wind me up to make me miss. He's a great mate really but he's just that sort of person.

"I want to beat him so much and I'll just play my game - I've learned now.

"I know I can perform on television. I had a good run at the Skybet World Grand Prix in Dublin and played really well against Peter Manley over there even though I lost."

Jenkins, who booked the clash with Smith courtesy of a 3-1 win over Bill Davis of the United States, does not disguise the fact he likes playing mind games.

"I will get in the Pieman's head," said the 35-year-old from Portsmouth. "It's my business to do that."

If Jenkins can get past Smith it would be the first time he has won two matches at a World Championship - a surprising statistic for a player ranked so highly.

"World Championships have been horrible for me," said Jenkins. "I've been playing for 13 years at the British Darts Organisation version and now the Professional Darts Corporation one and I've never got beyond the second round.

"I do well in every other tournament on the circuit and all the other players know I'm dangerous, but here it just does my head in. I'm going for it this time though."

At the end of the first round 11 seeds had bowed out, the last of them being 2004 runner-up Kevin Painter who lost 3-1 to rising star Colin Osborne.

Seven of the 16 second-round matches take place on Friday, the highlight being the clash between top seed Colin Lloyd and four-time Lakeside world champion Raymond van Barneveld.