Steve Alker

This article is about darts player. For the professional golfer, see Steven Alker.

Steve "Snakeman" Alker (born 14 February 1964) is a Welsh former professional darts player who competed in British Darts Organisation (BDO) and Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) events.

Steve Alker
Personal information
Nickname	"The Snakeman"
Born	(1964-02-14) 14 February 1964 (age 61)[1] Cardiff, Wales
Home town	Pontyberem, Wales
Darts information
Playing darts since	1985
Darts	10g Unicorn
Laterality	Right-handed
Walk-on music	"Real Wild Child (Wild One)" by Iggy Pop
Organisation (see split in darts)
BDO	1998–2005, 2007–2019
PDC	2005–2006
WDF major events – best performances
World Championship	Last 32: 2001
World Masters	Last 32: 2002, 2016, 2017
PDC premier events – best performances
World Championship	Last 16: 2006
UK Open	Last 32: 2005
Other tournament wins
Tournament	Years
Welsh Open	1998

Career

Alker won the 1998 Welsh Open, beating Colin Monk in the final. He was also a semi-finalist in the 2000 British Open. He played in the 2001 BDO World Darts Championship and 2002 Winmau World Masters but lost in the first round of both tournaments.

At the 2005 UK Open, where starting in the preliminary round, he went on to win five matches, including a victory over Kevin Painter before losing to Phil Taylor in the fifth round. In the 2006 PDC World Darts Championship he reached the last 16, beating Alan Caves and Denis Ovens before losing to Wayne Jones.

Alker quit the BDO in 2019.

Personal life

Alker and his wife were convicted in 2016 of animal welfare offences and banned from keeping animals for ten years.^[2]

World Championship results

BDO

• 2001: 1st Round (lost to Matt Clark 0–3)

PDC

• 2006: 3rd Round (lost to Wayne Jones 1–4)