Five-time winner Van Barneveld OUT of PDC World Championship to crown awful night at Ally Pally after walkout blooper
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RAYMOND van Barneveld has been dumped from the PDC World Darts Championship in his first match. The Dutchman fell victim to a 3-1 defeat at the hands of world no.76 Nick Kenny. Kenny, 31, dominated Barney as he made a statement after securing his place in the second round at Ally Pally with a win over American Stowe Buntz on Thursday.
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For Van Barneveld it was a miserable night from start to finish at the Palace after a huge walkout blooper left him red in the face. Half-way through his walkout, the star's iconic entrance tune 'Eye of the Tiger' suddenly stopped playing. Van Barneveld was left stood in silence before another random song came on instead.
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Kenny earned himself the biggest win of his career, and was clearly feeling the nerves. The Welshman missed a number of big shots towards the end of the clash as he started to feel the weight of what was happening to him on darts' biggest stage. And the jeering of the Ally Pally crowd won't have helped to calm any nerves either - Kenny missed EIGHT match darts.
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