Dirk van Duijvenbode took the title during Players Championship 12 on Saturday. 'The Titan' defeated James Wade, Simon Whitlock, Michael Smith and Ryan Searle en route to the title.
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This title comes at a particularly opportune time. Van Duijvenbode won his first PDC title at the end of April last year, which means that the prize money won will also disappear from his ranking this month.
This threatened to drop him out of the top-16 of the Pro Tour ranking, but this victory means that Aubergenius remains among the best sixteen Pro Tour players for the time being.
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