Players Championship Finals
Photo: PDC/Lawrence Lustig
The cream of the PDC headed to Butlin’s resort in Minehead
over the weekend of 29th November to 1st December for the
annual Cash Converters Players Championship Finals.
The tournament featured the top 32 ranked players from the
2013 PDC Pro Tour Order of Merit, with seedings determined
by this rather than the overall Order of Merit ensuring that
there would be some mouth-watering early round ties.
First Round
Ian White got the tournament underway with a 6-3 victory over Ronnie
Baxter, the Stoke-based thrower was seeded twelfth for the tournament
after an impressive season and he showed why as he dominated from
the outset, moving through to the second round without being troubled
too much by Baxter.
Defending champion Phil Taylor also made convincing progress, the
sixteen-time World Champion dropped only two legs in his victory over
Paul Nicholson, meanwhile top seed and second favourite for the event
Michael van Gerwen also made it safely through to the second round