Players Championship - Free darts betting tips, predictions and odds
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The Players Championship action returns on Wednesday, August 21 as the big names seek much-needed prize money in the race for November's finals.
Players Championship 18 heads to Milton Keynes as 128 PDC stars battle for the £15,000 prize.
Luke Humphries powered to victory at the recent New Zealand Masters as he thrashed Damon Heta 8-2 in the final.
The world champion is yet to win a Players Championship event this year and has only reached one final back in April.
However, with the Englishman looking strong over in New Zealand, he is undoubtedly one of the top contenders for Wednesday’s prize.
Gerwyn Price, who won the Australian Masters at the start of August, cannot be underestimated either.
The Welshman thrashed Luke Littler 8-1 Down Under and will be looking to cause more damage over in Milton Keynes.
Players Championship 18 format
The tournament will take place over a day at Milton Keynes' Marshall Arena and 128 players will compete.
It is a knockout format, with all games a race to six legs, bar the semi-final and the final, which are a race to seven and eight respectively.
Players Championship winners
PC 1 - Luke Littler
PC 2 - Gary Anderson
PC 3 - Ryan Searle
PC 4 - Damon Heta
PC 5 - Raymond Van Barneveld
PC 6 - Dave Chisnall
PC 7- Chris Dobey
PC 8 - Danny Noppert
PC 9 - Michael Smith
PC 10 - Brendan Dolan
PC 11 - Alan Soutar
PC 12 - Dimitri Van den Bergh
PC 13 - Ross Smith
PC 14 - Jonny Clayton
PC 15 - Luke Littler
PC 16 - Mike De Decker
PC 17 - Josh Rock
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Players Championship prize fund
Winner (1) £15,000
Runner-up (1) £10,000
Semi-finalists (2) £5,000
Quarter-finalists (4) £3,500
Fourth round (8) £2,500
Third round (16) £1,500
Second round (32) £1,000
Players Championship 16 results
Last 16
Florian Hempel 6-4 Dave Chisnall
Ryan Searle 6-3 Stephen Bunting
Joe Cullen 6-2 Chris Landman
James Hurrell 6-5 Jim Williams
Ross Smith 6-2 Ryan Joyce
Keane Barry 6-0 Graham Hall
Cameron Menzies 6-4 Nick Kenny
Josh Rock 6-4 Niels Zonneveld
Quarter-Finals
Florian Hempel 6-5 Ryan Searle
Joe Cullen 6-4 James Hurrell
Ross Smith 6-4 Keane Barry
Josh Rock 6-5 Cameron Menzies
Semi-Finals
Joe Cullen 7-2 Florian Hempel
Josh Rock 7-6 Ross Smith
Final
Josh Rock 8-6 Joe Cullen
What is the Players Championship?
The Players Championship is a series of 30 tournaments on the PDC Pro Tour.
All tournaments take place over a single day, with money earned by the players going towards the Players Championship Order of Merit.
The top 64 in the Order of Merit will compete in the Players Championship finals, which takes place at Butlin's Minehead on November 24-26.