Saturday afternoon's opening session will feature the players in Groups B, D, F and H, with Groups A, C, E and G taking centre stage on Saturday evening. The group stage of the 32-player event will see players competing in a round-robin format across the opening four days at WV Active Aldersley, with 16 ties taking place across two sessions on Saturday.
Michael Smith will begin his defence of the Mr Vegas Grand Slam of Darts against debutant Nathan Girvan, as Michael van Gerwen and Fallon Sherrock lock horns on a bumper opening day on Saturday in Wolverhampton.
