Draw released for PDC Players Championship 1: Van Gerwen versus Mitchell and Ashton against Dolan among first round ties

All the big names are involved over both days including Michael van Gerwen, Peter Wright, Gerwyn Price and Gary Anderson.

Van Gerwen is involved in one of the biggest ties of the first round when he takes on fellow former World Champion and Challenge Tour leader 'Scotty Dog' Scott Mitchell.

He is on a really interesting board with Lisa Ashton also on it on a day when she will make her PDC Tour debut taking on Brendan Dolan. Also the likes of Damon Heta and Geert Nentjes are also there.

Other ties include Stephen Bunting against Luke Humphries, Jose de Sousa versus Martijn Kleermaker, Simon Whitlock against the returning Andy Hamilton and Dave Chisnall versus Jeff Smith.

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Michael van Gerwen v Scott Mitchell
Geert Nentjes v Damon Heta
Brendan Dolan v Lisa Ashton
John Michael v Yordi Meeuwisse
Jermaine Wattimena v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Ross Smith v Devon Petersen
Jamie Hughes v William O'Connor
Ron Meulenkamp v Jelle Klaasen
Mensur Suljovic v Simon Stevenson
Jonathan Worsley v Maik Kuivenhoven
Chris Dobey v Mike van Duivenbode
Steve West v Darren Penhall
James Wade v Steve Brown
James Wilson v Alan Tabern
Stephen Bunting v Luke Humphries
Ciaran Teehan v Justin Pipe
Peter Wright v Niels Zonneveld
Gary Blades v Peter Jacques
John Henderson v Jesus Noguera
Luke Woodhouse v Michael Barnard
Jonny Clayton v Daniel Larsson
Conan Whitehead v Toni Alcinas
Jose de Sousa v Martijn Kleermaker
Matthew Edgar v Martin Atkins
Dave Chisnall v Jeff Smith
Reece Robinson v Max Hopp
Vincent van der Voort v Dirk van Duijvenbode
Ted Evetts v Bradley Brooks
Nathan Aspinall v Krzysztof Kciuk
Harald Leitinger v Richard North
Keegan Brown v Steve Lennon
Wayne Jones v Joe Murnan
Ian White v Darren Webster
Scott Waites v Jan Dekker
Mervyn King v Cristo Reyes
Karel Sedlacek v Kim Huybrechts
Adrian Lewis v Kai Fan Leung
Gabriel Clemens v Boris Krcmar
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Carl Wilkinson
Martin Schindler v Derk Telnekes
Daryl Gurney v Scott Baker
Nathan Derry v Mickey Mansell
Danny Noppert v Ryan Murray
Adam Hunt v Andy Boulton
Glen Durrant v David Pallett
Wesley Harms v Jamie Lewis
Steve Beaton v Vincent van der Meer
Ryan Searle v Gavin Carlin
Gerwyn Price v Jason Lowe
Mark McGeeney v Adrian Gray
Simon Whitlock v Andy Hamilton
Gary Anderson v Christian Bunse
Rob Cross v Mike de Decker
Steffen Siepmann v Barrie Bates
Michael Smith v Ryan Joyce
Harry Ward v Robert Thornton
Krzysztof Ratajski v Josh Payne
Nick Kenny v Kirk Shepherd
Dimitri van den Bergh v Ryan Meikle
William Borland v Marko Kantele
Joe Cullen v Aaron Beeney
Callan Rydz v Matt Clark
Ricky Evans v Benito van de Pas
Darius Labanauskas v Madars Razma