And that was enough to send the 33-year-old into the semi-finals in Rotterdam, and he eventually made it all the way to the final.
The Bully Boy had missed a match dart to hand the 17-year-old a chance.
However, Littler could not take out 80 as Smith came back to hit double six.
The high-quality bout saw both players hit four 180s.
And both Smith and Littler also averaged over 100.
It was the ace that took Ally Pally by storm over the festive period that just edged out his rival on average, 102.32 to 100.34.
However, it was the veteran’s superior checkout percentage that secured his passage into the last four.
Littler had topped the table at the start of the night ahead of Humphries.
Smith then defeated Gerwyn Price 6-5 to move into the final.
Meanwhile, Nathan Aspinall romped to a 6-2 win over Peter Wright in the opening night of round 12.
He then beat Luke Humphries 6-4 in the semi – although this evening’s display was enough to see the latter overtake Littler at the top of the table.
Aspinall then secured his second Premier League nightly win of the year with a 6-4 victory.
That is despite him missing four darts at double and allowing Smith one dart to force a decider.
However, Bully Boy missed tops and The Asp then hit double four to spark the celebrations.
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