The eighteenth Players Championship tournament of the season gets underway from 1 p.m. in Milton Keynes. The field of participants consists of 128 players, including 29 Dutch and six Belgians.
Michael van Gerwen will play his first tournament since going under the knife for second surgery on his teeth a day after the lost World Matchplay final against Luke Humphries. Upon his return to the darts circuit, 'Mighty Mike' will face Lee Evans.
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Luke Humphries, Luke Littler among others won't play after deciding to take time off after returning from Australia and New Zealand. Gerwyn Price is also a late withdrawal with Paul Krohne and Radek Szaganski also deciding against playing.
Other big names involved include Stephen Bunting, Jonny Clayton, Ross Smith, Dimitri van den Bergh, Peter Wright, Damon Heta and James Wade. Two out of the latter three are also just returning from stints Down Under.
A total of 125,000 pounds in prize money is distributed at each Players Championship tournament. The winner of the event will receive a check for 15,000 pounds.
Last 128
Alan Soutar - | - Martin Lukeman
Jurjen van der Velde - | - Matt Campbell
Dave Chisnall - | - Connor Scutt
Reece Colley - | - Wessel Nijman
Peter Wright - | - Graham Usher
Jim Williams - | - Tim Wolters
Raymond van Barneveld - | - Jamie Atkins
Owen Roelofs - | - Lee Cocks
James Wade - | - Franz Roetzsch
William Borland - | - William O'Connor
Martin Schindler - | - Steve Lennon
Simon Whitlock - | - Mensur Suljovic
Cameron Menzies - | - Jeffrey De Zwaan
Andy Boulton - | - Graham Hall
Chris Dobey - | - Ricky Evans
Jeffrey Sparidaans - | - Madars Razma
Gabriel Clemens - | - Joshua Richardson
Danny van Trijp - | - Jose De Sousa
Danny Noppert - | - Arron Monk
Florian Hempel - | - Stefan Bellmont
Ritchie Edhouse - | - Jeffrey De Graaf
Daniel Klose - | - Darren Beveridge
Daryl Gurney - | - Maik Kuivenhoven
Chris Landman - | - Michele Turetta
Dirk van Duijvenbode - | - Rene Eidams
Mervyn King - | - Niels Zonneveld
Damon Heta - | - Rowby-John Rodriguez
James Hurrell - | - Keegan Brown
Brendan Dolan - | - Mickey Mansell
Justin Hood - | - John Henderson
Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Christian Perez
Callum Goffin - | - Lukas Wenig
Dimitri Van den Bergh - | - Richard Veenstra
Karel Sedlacek - | - Dylan Slevin
Ross Smith - | - Robert Grundy
Dom Taylor - | - Adam Warner
Krzysztof Ratajski - | - Thibault Tricole
Mario Vandenbogaerde - | - Robbie Knops
Ryan Joyce - | - Richie Burnett
Pascal Rupprecht - | - Ryan Meikle
Andrew Gilding - | - Brett Claydon
Vincent van der Voort - | - Andy Baetens
Ryan Searle - | - Berry van Peer
Keane Barry - | - Kai Gotthardt
Luke Woodhouse - | - Jitse Van der Wal
Owen Bates - | - Danny Lauby
Gian van Veen - | - Wesley Plaisier
George Killington - | - Ian White
Jermaine Wattimena - | - Cam Crabtree
Patrick Geeraets - | - Christian Kist
Josh Rock - | - Robert Owen
Steve Beaton - | - Adam Gawlas
Mike De Decker - | - Nick Kenny
Stephen Burton - | - Nathan Rafferty
Jonny Clayton - | - Jelle Klaasen
Jamie Hughes - | - Benjamin Reus
Kevin Doets - | - Martijn Dragt
Scott Williams - | - Jules van Dongen
Stephen Bunting - | - Rhys Griffin
Adam Hunt - | - Josh Payne
Joe Cullen - | - Boris Krcmar
Danny Jansen - | - Matthew Dennant
Michael van Gerwen - | - Lee Evans
Geert Nentjes - | - Kim Huybrechts