Overview
- Littler edged Gerwyn Price 6-5 in Dublin after trailing 5-0, capitalizing on five missed match darts by the Welshman to claim his second nightly win of the season.
- He beat Stephen Bunting 6-3 and then recovered from 5-3 down to defeat Michael van Gerwen 6-5 in the semi-final, where both players hit 170 checkouts.
- The victory moves Littler to 16 points, three behind leader Jonny Clayton on 19, with Price third and Luke Humphries rising into the top four.
- Gian van Veen withdrew with kidney stones, handing van Gerwen a bye to the semis, while debutant Josh Rock was booed and whitewashed 6-0 by Price to remain winless after seven nights.
- Off the oche, Littler has applied to the UK Intellectual Property Office to trademark his face to deter AI-driven fakes, a step experts say may help but will not fully prevent deepfakes; he has already trademarked “The Nuke” in the US and agreed a reported £20m Target Darts deal.