Mardle names his 'Group of Death' for Grand Slam of Darts: "The rest of the groups are pretty friendly"

Wayne Mardle will be on hand during the Grand Slam of Darts on commentary and punditry duty and while sometimes there are multiple Groups of Death, 'Hawaii 501' only sees one during this year's tournament featuring Josh Rock, Scott Williams, Ryan Searle and Luke Humphries.

"There's one difficult group and I'm not putting players down when I say this but if you look at the seeds, they'll all be happy," said Mardle to Sky Sports.

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"Group H with Luke Humphries, Ryan Searle, Josh Rock and Scott Williams is the toughest group.

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"Williams is one hell of a player and he will be the outsider for that group. I wouldn't be surprised if he got through, while millions in the world think Rock can go on and win it and maybe even win the World Championship. Let's just hope he can relax and play to the best of his ability.

"Then you've got Searle and Humphries who are capable of anything - horrible group. The rest of the groups are pretty friendly.

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