Luke Littler was knocked out of the primary Gamers Championship occasion of the 12 months as he misplaced 6-3 to Joe Cullen.
The 18-year-old PDC world champion averaged simply 87.8 within the third-round match 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.
In contrast Littler uncharacteristically missed 15 doubles and was method beneath his finest.
One other big-name casualty on the identical stage was world quantity 5 Stephen Bunting, who suffered a 6-4 defeat to Andrew Gilding whereas James Wade went down 6-1 to Ross Smith.
World primary Luke Humphries went by with a snug 6-2 win over Mensur Suljovic.
Dutchman Michael van Gerwen, who beat Littler within the Premier League opener in Belfast final week, is just not collaborating 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.
