A bumper session kicks off the tournament with the likes of Michael Smith facing Adrian Lewis, Glen Durrant taking on Mervyn King and Krzysztof Ratajski facing Simon Whitlock being among the ties.
Saturday sees a double session with James Wade, Rob Cross, Nathan Aspinall and Dave Chisnall the top players coming into the tournament in the afternoon. While in the evening, a stacked line-up which sees Gary Anderson, Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price, the new World Champion in action concludes the second round.
From there, Sunday will see another double session day with the Quarter-Finals in the afternoon followed by the semi-finals and the final in the evening.
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