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Bankrupt former World Darts semi-finalist, 59, stuns Gerwyn Price to earn timely Players Championship prize money boost
MERVYN KING'S form has gone "Boom" - three months after he went bust.
The Ipswich ace toppled former
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Mervyn King worried he'd lose his home after being made insolvent
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Ex-world champ Gerwyn Price was overwhelmed by King
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It could not be more timely for King who feared losing his home after saying he owed 'north of £500,000' to HMRC.
The one-time BDO world no. 1 exclusively told SunSport in March he even worried about how he could look after his three dogs.
The ex-PDC World Championship semi-finalist said he "hid my head in the sand' as his debts soared over the past two decades.
But King was in scintillating nick at Leicester's Mattioli Arena on Wednesday.
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And top billing went to his opening performance.
The current world no.147 dismantled Premier League Darts star Price 6-2.
Averaging nearly 100, King bagged six of his nine attempts at double to clinch a 6-2 victory.
His Welsh victim Price, 40, is world-ranked 11th and has seven PDC majors to his name, including the ultimate prize at the Ally Pally in 2021.
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But for King just being at the oche might be a joy after he was made insolvent at the High Court of Justice in London earlier this year.
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It left he and wife Tracey anxious about the care of their three large pets — a Pyrenean Mountain Dog, a Pyrenees-Newfoundland cross and a Golden Retriever - should the couple have to move home.
King picked up most of his darts' prize money at his peak from the late-90s to early 2000s.
However, he mistakenly thought that income was "winnings" rather than "earnings" - and he didn't make it known to the tax authorities.
Two decades later - during Covid - King began
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He also started a construction business but 'got rid of it' as he could no longer be a company director.
