The draw has been confirmed ahead of
Players Championship 18 which will take place on Friday afternoon in Barnsley and sees an almost full strength field.
So much so that only Michael van Gerwen and Michael Unterbuchner are not playing as the race to the World Matchplay concludes with the final spots up for grabs.
Among the top names include
Peter Wright,
Gerwyn Price,
Jonny Clayton,
Joe Cullen,
Gary Anderson,
Luke Humphries and
Michael Smith with 'Bully Boy' who has been imperious at times so far on the ProTour this season set to face Raymond van Barneveld in his opener.
Play begins at 12:00pm BST with £10,000 going to the winner each day over the next four days.
Draw Players Championship 18
Last 128
Luke Humphries v Jamie Clark
Jason Heaver v Jermaine Wattimena
Rowby-John Rodriguez v Jules van Dongen
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Stephen Burton
Martin Schindler v Ryan Joyce
Scott Mitchell v Jason Lowe
Callan Rydz v Steve West
Martijn Kleermaker v Ron Meulenkamp
Peter Wright v Ross Montgomery
Joe Murnan v Steve Lennon
Brendan Dolan v Ian White
Danny Baggish v William O'Connor
Dirk van Duijvenbode v Connor Scutt
Ritchie Edhouse v Jim Williams
Chris Dobey v Glen Durrant
Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen
Kevin Burness v Danny van Trijp
Adrian Lewis v Keane Barry
Luc Peters v Radek Szaganski
Danny Noppert v Boris Krcmar
Mickey Mansell v Vladimir Andersen
Stephen Bunting v Lewy Williams
Karel Sedlacek v Alan Soutar
Damon Heta v Darius Labanauskas
Mike de Decker v Danny Jansen
Andrew Gilding v Brett Claydon
Vincent van der Voort v Berry van Peer
Jose de Sousa v Jeff Smith
Simon Whitlock v Eddie Lovely
James Wade v Niels Zonneveld
James Wilson v Matt Campbell
Gerwyn Price v Boris Koltsov
Cameron Menzies v Shaun Wilkinson
Ricky Evans v Shaun Wilkinson
John Henderson v Geert de Vos
Jonny Clayton v Brian Raman
Maik Kuivenhoven v Krzysztof Kciuk
Dave Chisnall v Jimmy Hendriks
Max Hopp v Stu Wilson
Nathan Aspinall v Jake Jones
Luke Woodhouse v Darren Webster
Madars Razma v Gary Anderson
Adam Gawlas v Ricardo Pietreczko
Joe Cullen v Kevin Doets
Richie Burnett v Tony Martinez
Kim Huybrechts v John O'Shea
Ted Evetts v Scott Williams
Michael Smith v Raymond van Barneveld
Andy Boulton v David Evans
Ross Smith v Jack Main
Mario Vandenbogaerde v George Killington
Krzysztof Ratajski v Jon Worsley
Mensur Suljovic v Bradley Brooks
Daryl Gurney v Nathan Rafferty
William Borland v Peter Hudson
Ryan Searle v Josh Rock
Geert Nentjes v John Brown
Gabriel Clemens v Adam Hunt
Gordon Mathers v Keegan Brown
Dimitri van den Bergh v Jose Justicia
Florian Hempel v Damian Mol
Martin Lukeman v Rusty-Jake Rodriguez
Nick Fullwell v Ryan Meikle