Entries Players Championship 33-34: Luke Humphries looks to avoid nervy Minehead wait as Van Gerwen missing confirms Minehead absence
PDCIt is the final Players Championship double header as the ProTour resumes on October 29-30 at the home of ProTour darts in the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan as the race to Minehead concludes.
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One player who will not be in Minehead is Michael van Gerwen who left after the first tournament recently and went straight home later releasing a statement confirming his reasoning for throwing in the towel so to speak with the Dutch juggernaut still dealing with issues in his personal life.
Van Gerwen also has a family holiday planned in Dubai so it was very much all or nothing during the last double header anyway. Perhaps surprisingly playing though is Luke Littler who has often snubbed these events and won a title last time out to seal his spot in Minehead. He is in 34th but no doubt will want to play later in the event instead of having an early start so is very much aiming to go higher.
While Luke Humphries is perhaps the biggest question mark. He plays next week and sits in 54th. Peter Wright also is in 56th. With only £2,000 separating Humphries and Meikle in 65th it is within his best interest to avoid any late surges. Both play while Gerwyn Price who sits top ahead of Damon Heta and Ross Smith also takes in the final action.
Jonny Clayton, Kai Gotthardt, Pero Ljubic, Josh Rock are absent alongside MVG and also Tim Wolters. Darius Labanauskas, Stefan Bellmont, Ted Evetts, Jamai van den Herik, Mervyn King, Scott Waites will play next week off the Challenge Tour which concludes on Sunday.
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Players Championship 33-34 Entries
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| Player |
| Gary Anderson |
| Nathan Aspinall |
| Andy Baetens |
| Keane Barry |
| Owen Bates |
| Stefan Bellmont |
| Darren Beveridge |
| Sebastian Bialecki |
| Tom Bissell |
| William Borland |
| Andy Boulton |
| Bradley Brooks |
| Stephen Bunting |
| Stephen Burton |
| Matt Campbell |
| Dave Chisnall |
| Brett Claydon |
| Gabriel Clemens |
| Cam Crabtree |
| Rob Cross |
| Joe Cullen |
| Maximilian Czerwinski |
| Mike De Decker |
| Jeffrey de Graaf |
| Jose de Sousa |
| Cor Dekker |
| Matthew Dennant |
| Chris Dobey |
| Kevin Doets |
| Brendan Dolan |
| Martijn Dragt |
| Tavis Dudeney |
| Ritchie Edhouse |
| Ricky Evans |
| Ted Evetts |
| Patrick Geeraets |
| Andrew Gilding |
| Rhys Griffin |
| Dominik Gruellich |
| Robert Grundy |
| Daryl Gurney |
| Florian Hempel |
| Stefaan Henderyck |
| Damon Heta |
| Justin Hood |
| Max Hopp |
| Luke Humphries |
| Adam Hunt |
| James Hurrell |
| Kim Huybrechts |
| Ryan Joyce |
| Tytus Kanik |
| Nick Kenny |
| George Killington |
| Mervyn King |
| Christian Kist |
| Jelle Klaasen |
| Maik Kuivenhoven |
| Darius Labanauskas |
| Chris Landman |
| Danny Lauby |
| Steve Lennon |
| Adam Lipscombe |
| Luke Littler |
| Jim Long |
| Thomas Lovely |
| Oskar Lukasiak |
| Martin Lukeman |
| Mickey Mansell |
| Ryan Meikle |
| Cameron Menzies |
| Wessel Nijman |
| Danny Noppert |
| William O'Connor |
| Dennie Olde Kalter |
| Rob Owen |
| Adam Paxton |
| Ricardo Pietreczko |
| Darryl Pilgrim |
| Wesley Plaisier |
| Gerwyn Price |
| Haupai Puha |
| Nathan Rafferty |
| Krzysztof Ratajski |
| Madars Razma |
| Benjamin Reus |
| Joshua Richardson |
| Greg Ritchie |
| Rusty-Jake Rodriguez |
| Callan Rydz |
| Martin Schindler |
| Connor Scutt |
| Ryan Searle |
| Karel Sedlacek |
| Dylan Slevin |
| Michael Smith |
| Ross Smith |
| Alan Soutar |
| Niko Springer |
| Mensur Suljovic |
| Radek Szaganski |
| Dom Taylor |
| Viktor Tingstrom |
| Thibault Tricole |
| Michele Turetta |
| Raymond van Barneveld |
| Dimitri Van den Bergh |
| Jamai van den Herik |
| Jitse Van der Wal |
| Jules van Dongen |
| Dirk van Duijvenbode |
| Berry van Peer |
| Gian van Veen |
| Marvin van Velzen |
| Mario Vandenbogaerde |
| Richard Veenstra |
| James Wade |
| Scott Waites |
| Adam Warner |
| Jermaine Wattimena |
| Leon Weber |
| Lukas Wenig |
| Ian White |
| Jim Williams |
| Scott Williams |
| Luke Woodhouse |
| Peter Wright |
| Niels Zonneveld |

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