Luke Littler turned his holiday camp fortress into a tungsten torture chamber as his barnstorming Ladbrokes Players Championship campaign ran out of stardust. After a rampant run to the final at Butlins in Minehead, The Nuke went down 11-7 against Luke Humphries in the last TV major final of 2024. For Cool Hand Luke, who banked the £120,000 top prize, it was a sixth major title and the first one he has defended successfully. And world champion Humphries ends the calendar year as he began it -