Michael van Gerwen’s horror run continues as he gets NO prize money after shock Players Championship loss to world No111

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MICHAEL VAN GERWEN’s awful form continued as he was dumped out of the latest Players Championship in round one by the world No.111.

Holland’s three-time world champion – who lost to Luke Littler in the recent Ally Pally final – averaged just 89.91 in a shock 6-3 loss to German Niko Springer.

Michael van Gerwen at a darts match.
Michael van Gerwen crashed out of the Players Championship after losing
Niko Springer (GER) in his first-round match at the 2025 Paddy Power World Darts Championship.
Van Gerwen lost to German Niko Springer
Headshot of Michael van Gerwen.
It compounds a horror run for the three-time world champion

Van Gerwen, 35, is the highest-ranked player in Hildesheim for ProTours 7-8 this week with Luke Humphries and Littler both missing.

But this surprise defeat means he will have earned ZERO cash for turning up on Monday.

Only those involved in the Last 64 of the Player Championship events get £1,000 for their troubles.

Yet his dreadful run continued as he went down in 15 minutes.

He was averaging an astonishing 61.38 in a messy first leg.

There was a time when the sight of his famous green shirt would strike fear into the eyes of his opponents but not any longer.

In the eight-man Premier League Van Gerwen has 10 points and is in fourth place.

But he has yet to make a weekly final.

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He has won just five of his 11 games so far in the competition.

The next event goes to Cardiff on Thursday night.

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