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Coral.co.uk Players Championship 2009 The famous Circus Tavern in Purfleet, Essex, has held many major darts championships for numerous years and was chosen for first Coral.co.uk Players Championship at the end of January 2009. Darts competitions seem to be getting much more television air time than they have had for many years and the new Players Championship was no exception as it was screened by the British ITV network. 32 players took part in the competition and played for a share of a total prize pot of £200,000 which was broken down as follows;- First Round Losers received £2,000 and the Second Round Losers £4,000. The Quarter-Finalists each got £8,500 and the Semi-Finalists £12,500. The Runner-Up won £25,000 and the outright Winner received a grand prize of £50,000. There was also a Highest Checkout prize of £2,000 With 32 players in the knock-out it was played over 3 days and 5 rounds, as follows;- The First Round was played Best of 11 legs as was the Second Round. The Quarter-Finals were the Best of 17 legs, Semi-Finals were the Best of 25 legs, and the Final was the Best of 31 legs. The draw for the players in the 2009 inaugural event was as follows;- Vincent van der Voort v Chris Mason
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