Vintage Anderson with 111 average to dispatch Bunting as Dobey dumps out Van Gerwen at Players Championship 23

The insane standard is on full display at Players Championship 23 in Barnsley with Gary Anderson in particular standing out in his win over Stephen Bunting.

Showing glimmers at times of returning to his previous form, he is at it again with a 111 average including eight 180's to see off 'The Bullet' 6-3 who himself averaged 101 in defeat.

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Chris Dobey also stunned with a 6-5 success over Michael van Gerwen who despite his Amsterdam success can't produce on the ProTour. Luke Humphries and Ryan Searle both hit 106 averages in their wins, with a 100 mark from Jonny Clayton in seeing off Ian White.

Christian Kist after his run to the final yesterday is into the Last 16 again, while Humphries in moving through now has the tie of the round against Ross Smith. As Anderson now faces Luke Woodhouse. Into the Last 16 we go.

Players Championship 23 Results

Last 32

Dave Chisnall 6 | 1 Richard Veenstra

Stephen Burton 6 | 3 James Wade

Brendan Dolan 6 | 4 Kim Huybrechts

Ryan Joyce 6 | 1 Owen Roelofs

Ricardo Pietreczko 6 | 3 Dirk van Duijvenbode

Jose De Sousa 6 | 2 Ryan Meikle

Martin Lukeman 6 | 4 Mario Vandenbogaerde

Christian Kist 6 | 4 Martin Schindler

Luke Humphries 6 | 4 Andy Boulton

Ross Smith 6 | 2 Mensur Suljovic

Jonny Clayton 6 | 4 Ian White

Krzysztof Ratajski 6 | 2 Pascal Rupprecht

Luke Woodhouse 6 | 3 Damon Heta

Gary Anderson 6 | 3 Stephen Bunting

Chris Dobey 6 | 5 Michael van Gerwen

Ryan Searle 6 | 5 Daryl Gurney

Last 16

Dave Chisnall - | - Stephen Burton

Brendan Dolan - | - Ryan Joyce

Ricardo Pietreczko - | - Jose De Sousa

Martin Lukeman - | - Christian Kist

Luke Humphries - | - Ross Smith

Jonny Clayton - | - Krzysztof Ratajski

Luke Woodhouse - | - Gary Anderson

Chris Dobey - | - Ryan Searle