Luke Humphries got his Betmgm Premier League 2025 campaign to a perfect start with a dominant 6-1 win over Chris Dobey in the Night One Final in Belfast.
Humphries started quickly in the final, and for a moment 3-0 were up, 128 and 100 boxes that helped him dominate.
Dobey fought on the double rooms, and it allowed the world # 1 Humphries to expand its advantage with another 100 finish, ‘Hollywood’, which finally managed to get on the board with a clutch 126 in the sixth leg.
However, it only delayed the inevitable when Humphries returned to his throw to pack things up on tops, a remarkable 86 percent in the double room that cemented the authoritative victory.
Although he is very early days, he is now sitting on top of the Premier League table of five points.
“I think this is the hardest Premier League for a long time. Nights like this may not happen as much as you want,” Humphries told Sky Sports.
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Humphries expect a tough campaign in the Premier League this year
“For the past two years I haven’t started well, so it’s nice to get started.
“I did well last year and I hope to do the same this year.”
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Humphries took 140 out in a glorious manner as he secured the early break against van Gerwen
Humphries remained strong against Michael van Gerwen To win a 6-5 last Ben-Shoot-Out to get through to the final.
Van Gerwen fought brilliantly with some big scores to bring the game to 4-3 after being 3-1 down, but then fell off and let Humphries reintroduce his dominance, a silky 120 checkout that put the world # 1 a leg away From final.
With the match then in a decision maker came the Dutchman missed Match Dart on Bullseye and Humphries came to OCHE to get 45 on D16.
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Chris Dobey took out 170 and rolled in ‘The Big Fish’ against Rob Cross in Belfast!
Dobey booked his place in the final with a 6-4 win over Rob CrossMassive ‘Big Fish’ and ‘Shanghai’ checkouts to help him along the way.
In a Topsy-Turvy meeting, Dobey took three legs on spin before the World No 4 Cross hit with three of his own, two breaks of throws that helped ‘Hollywood’ pick up some big points on opening night.
MVG and Littler set Premier League Classic
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Van Gerwen’s brilliant 114 finish inspired him to a breathtaking 6-5 win over Littler
Van Gerwen started his evening with revenge Luke Littler For his World Darts Championship Final defeat, which won in an exciting final leg decision when Littler made history with the second highest Premier League that lost the average ever-an insanely 113.91.
In what was an all-time Premier League classic, Littler was cheap with an average of over 121 in the early stages and took a mega 161 for a break of throwing, and his doubling throughout 45 percent.
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Littler took out brilliant 161 to move level of 2-2 toward van Gerwen
However, van Gerwen hit back with his own break and a 114 checkout to help him move to 5-4 before unanswered Kampdart let ‘The Nuke’ Pin 87 on Bullseye.
As the meeting was excited at the 5-5 and 180s, still floating, a stray arrow removed into T7 Littler’s chance to finish 167 and ‘Green Machine’ checked 25 on D8 for a huge victory.
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Stephen Bunting hit a classic 137 checkout against cross during their quarter -final clash
In the second quarter -final, Gerwyn Price Lost 6-4 to Dobey in the opening match before the cross held one of Stephen Bunting Fightback to win 6-4 and Humphries so comfortably Nathan Aspinall 6-2.
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