Luke Humphries and Michael Smith among first round casualties at Players Championship 2

Jurjen van der Velde recorded the finest victory of his darts career by defeating world champion Luke Humphries in the first round of Players Championship 2.

Van der Velde came back from a 1-3 deficit to win 6-5 over Humphries. Another big-name casualty in the early stages has been former world champion, Michael Smith. 'BullyBoy' went down in a deciding leg to the American, Danny Lauby Jr.

Winner of yesterday's Players Championship 1, Luke Littler was again impressive in victory over Danny Noppert. The teen sensation sealing the win with a stunning 110 checkout. Peter Wright also got off to a much-needed winning start with victory over Alan Soutar.

The poor start to the season continues for Dave Chisnall however. After a shock defeat to Michele Turetta yesterday, 'Chizzy' has gone down 6-2 in the opening round to Oskar Lukasiak today.

Results Players Championship 2

Last 128

Jermaine Wattimena 6 | 2 Dimitri Van den Bergh

Cameron Menzies 6 | 1 Lee Evans

Oskar Lukasiak 6 | 2 Dave Chisnall

Patrick Geeraets 6 | 4 Darren Beveridge

Peter Wright 6 | 3 Alan Soutar

James Hurrell 6 | 5 Ritchie Edhouse

Joe Cullen 6 | 3 Jules van Dongen

Michele Turetta 6 | 5 Owen Roelofs

James Wade 6 | 5 Ryan Meikle

Robert Owen 6 | 3 Jeffrey De Graaf

Danny Lauby 6 | 5 Michael Smith

Stephen Burton 6 | 4 Haupai Puha

Ryan Joyce 6 | 2 Thibault Tricole

Mario Vandenbogaerde 6 | 5 Christian Perez

Luke Littler 6 | 4 Danny Noppert

Radek Szaganski 6 | 5 Jeffrey De Zwaan

Raymond van Barneveld 6 | 2 Simon Whitlock

William O'Connor 6 | 5 Geert Nentjes

Karel Sedlacek 6 | 4 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Graham Hall 6 | 4 Aden Kirk

Gian van Veen 6 | 2 Adam Warner

Scott Williams 6 | 5 Robert Grundy

Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 5 Owen Bates

Berry van Peer 6 | 2 Richie Burnett

Mike De Decker 6 | 2 Martijn Dragt

Andy Baetens 6 | 1 Stefan Bellmont

Josh Rock 6 | 3 Keane Barry

Mensur Suljovic 6 | 0 Jeffrey Sparidaans

Daryl Gurney 6 | 3 Darryl Pilgrim

Wessel Nijman 6 | 2 Jim Williams

Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Daniel Klose

Adam Gawlas 6 | 3 Steve Beaton

Chris Dobey 6 | 1 Matthew Dennant

William Borland 6 | 5 Nathan Rafferty

Jurjen van der Velde 6 | 5 Luke Humphries

Ricky Evans 6 | 2 Jacques Labre

Florian Hempel 6 | 3 Martin Schindler

Steve Lennon 6 | 5 Chris Landman

Stephen Bunting 6 | 3 Josh Payne

Martin Lukeman 6 | 2 Lukas Wenig

Callan Rydz 6 | 1 Gabriel Clemens

Danny Jansen 6 | 3 Benjamin Drue Reus

Jonny Clayton 6 | 4 Robbie Knops

Leighton Bennett 6 | 2 Boris Krcmar

Jose De Sousa 6 | 5 Richard Veenstra

George Killington 6 | 1 Jamie Hughes

Ross Smith 6 | 5 Kim Huybrechts

Kevin Doets 6 | 4 Pascal Rupprecht

Arron Monk 6 | 5 Luke Woodhouse

Joshua Richardson 6 | 4 Vincent van der Voort

Damon Heta 6 | 2 Mickey Mansell

Adam Smith-Neale 6 | 1 Graham Usher

Andrew Gilding 6 | 5 Maik Kuivenhoven

Adam Hunt 6 | 0 Matt Campbell

Ryan Searle 6 | 3 Callum Goffin

Brett Claydon 6 | 3 Keegan Brown

Rhys Griffin 6 | 5 Brendan Dolan

Madars Razma 6 | 3 Ian White

Rob Cross 6 | 1 Mervyn King

Niels Zonneveld 6 | 3 Jelle Klaasen

Nathan Aspinall 6 | 3 Danny van Trijp

Rowby-John Rodriguez 6 | 0 Nick Kenny

Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 4 Jitse Van der Wal

Paul Krohne 6 | 3 Dom Taylor

Last 64

Jermaine Wattimena - | - Cameron Menzies

Oskar Lukasiak - | - Patrick Geeraets

Peter Wright - | - James Hurrell

Joe Cullen - | - Michele Turetta

James Wade - | - Robert Owen

Danny Lauby - | - Stephen Burton

Ryan Joyce - | - Mario Vandenbogaerde

Luke Littler - | - Radek Szaganski

Raymond van Barneveld - | - William O'Connor

Karel Sedlacek - | - Graham Hall

Gian van Veen - | - Scott Williams

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Berry van Peer

Andy Baetens - | - Mike Decker

Josh Rock - | - Mensur Suljovic

Daryl Gurney - | - Wessel Nijman

Gary Anderson - | - Adam Gawlas

Chris Dobey - | - William Borland

Jurjen van der Velde - | - Ricky Evans

Florian Hempel - | - Steve Lennon

Stephen Bunting - | - Martin Lukeman

Callan Rydz - | - Danny Jansen

Jonny Clayton - | - Leighton Bennett

Jose De Sousa - | - George Killington

Ross Smith - | - Kevin Doets

Arron Monk - | - Joshua Richardson

Damon Heta - | - Adam Smith-Neale

Andrew Gilding - | - Adam Hunt

Ryan Searle - | - Brett Claydon

Rhys Griffin - | - Madars Razma

Rob Cross - | - Niels Zonneveld

Nathan Aspinall - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez

Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Paul Krohne