Luke Littler was knocked out of the primary Gamers Championship occasion of the 12 months as he was crushed 6-3 within the third spherical by Joe Cullen, who went on to lose to Rob Cross within the last.
The 18-year-old PDC world champion averaged simply 87.8 whereas fellow Englishman Cullen managed 95.4.
Cullen threw six 180s as he received 5 consecutive legs to achieve the final 16 of the event on the Robin Park Leisure Centre in Wigan.
Against this Littler uncharacteristically missed 15 doubles and was manner beneath his greatest.
One other big-name casualty on the identical stage was world quantity 5 Stephen Bunting, who was crushed 6-4 by Andrew Gilding whereas James Wade went down 6-1 to Ross Smith.
After beating Dutch duo Gian van Veen and Richard Veenstra, Cullen then defeated world primary Luke Humphries 7-6 in a last-leg decider to achieve the ultimate.
However the 35-year-old was properly crushed by 2018 world champion Cross, who received 8-3 to say a tenth Gamers Championship title.
Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, who beat Littler within the Premier League opener in Belfast final week, will not be participating on this event.
There are 34 Gamers Championship occasions throughout the 12 months, with the competitors’s finals scheduled to be held in Minehead from 21-23 November.
