defeated 11th seed Josh Rock<\/a> to bring his World Championship earnings to \u00a3100,000.<\/p>\nPrior to his last-16 victory over Northern Ireland’s World Cup winner, Hood reckoned he needed “one more win” to earn enough prize money to finally open up a Chinese restaurant.<\/p>\n
“I think we are there now,” Hood said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Against Rock, he hit his first 11 attempts at doubles, missing for the first time when trying to take out 143 to win the match.<\/p>\n
After his victory, he asked the crowd: “Who wants a Chinese?”<\/p>\n
Last year, Hood gave up working as a night porter at a hotel – a role he job-shared with his wife Jessica – and spent eight weeks living in a hotel in Milton Keynes to earn his tour card.<\/p>\n
Hood is now delivering at the top level – something he and his wife always believed was possible with more practice.<\/p>\n
“I have been aware of this [Hood wanting to open up a Chinese] from the day I met him,” his Jessica told BBC Radio Bristol.<\/p>\n
“We’ve been together for about 10 years and he has wanted it that long.<\/p>\n
“Numbers have not been crunched yet and we haven’t done any type of business plan but it is something that will be probably happening next year.”<\/p>\n
Hood has won over the Ally Pally crowd, with his nickname ‘Happy Feet’ perfectly fitting his laid-back and humorous character.<\/p>\n
However, the nickname has nothing to do with his personality…<\/p>\n
“For his first game at country darts when he was a wee little boy, he forgot his shoes and you have to wear black shoes – it is a regulation and you can’t play without them,” Jessica said.<\/p>\n
“A member of his team, who had size 13 feet, gave him shoes to borrow. He is a size eight or nine.<\/p>\n
“When he put his foot to the oche they bent up like a slipper. People then called him ‘Happy Feet’.<\/p>\n
“You all see him the way I see him. He is being nobody else but himself. To see everyone love him like we do is such an amazing feeling.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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