The Random Darts Discussion Thread
This thread made because of the hijack created in the English Premier League thread.
Darts is one of the most popular pub sports in the world, and collects a decent TV audience in the United Kingdom, Europe and around the world. Like snooker, there is some decent money at the top of the game, and the best player in the world, Phil Taylor, made over 1MM pounds this year IIRC, with his prizemoney for winning the last World Championship being a quarter of a million pounds.
Anyway, this weekend is the last day of the newly formed World Cup of Darts, contested in two man teams. Like the world cup of football, it involved a number of countries (24 in this case) a group stage, semi's and a final, and some epic English fail.
In the qualifying rounds the top 8 teams (England, Netherlands, Australia, Scotland, Wales, N.Ireland, USA and Canada) played a weaker team that had won an initial qualifying round in a short, somewhat high variance best of 11 legs match. Spain went on to beat England 6-5 and knock them out before the group stage.
Today is semi-final and final day. In the first semi-final, Netherlands beat Spain 4-0. The second semi is on now, Wales for Australia. The format for the semis and final is 4 singles matches and a doubles match, just like the Davis Cup tennis, but the doubles is played last and worth double. If it ends 3-3 a sudden death leg is played, almost equivilent to a poker flipament. Its good theatre and a decent sport if you have someone to get behind.
Currently Simon Whitlock (AUS) is playing Mark Webster (WAL) the match is locked at 3-3 first to 6 and the tie itself is locked at 1-1 Webster and Whitlock winning their first doubles.
Oh, and LOL darts...
Really don't think that Gotthardt should be a dog tomorrow, numbers seem better and trend better
bet him +1.5 sets
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Last set was a bit nervy but got there lol
Scutt is still dealing. That was the version of Gates I was talking about but dunno how long he can sustain it.
crowd sucks
Rip 500/1 Menzies outrights
New system is telling me to go ham on Hurrell and Joyce, in general principle given who they are playing I don't hate it in the slightest so let's go
Jim Long smoked my buddy at Canadian Nationals this summer.
KIST NINE
I knew Kist was going to hit a nine, I said to my daughter and wife "Kist is going to hit a nine" and they both said "what?"
Nick Kenny most 180s is -125 which seems odd to me since I've seen full matches where Buntz goes for 19s. I never look at these bets but this one is standing out to me.
lol smith
lol me for betting heavily on smith, literally cannot win a bet on a game he plays
Williams rules
Doets rules too, but less.
Rydz too.
Campbell is an epic drunk and also you shouldn't fight him apparently.
What a great day of darts this was.
Hurrell busts on 140. Not quite DvD busting on 180, but still.
Toylo real real slow. 3 set match took an hour
180 - 180 - 81 - game in 2
180 - 180 - 129 - game in 1
139 - 174 - 136 - game in 2
Disgusting
Heta really going to be world #6 without a major win, or final and 1 semi on his OOM, incredible stuff.
>140 average for a set feels borderline unfair and that it just shouldn't be possible.
Guess the max possible average is 167 if you just hit a nine every leg? LOL.
well lets say you and your opponent are only throwing 9darters but your opponent begins the set, then you will throw
leg1: 180 180
leg2: 180 180 141
leg3: 180 180
leg4: 180 180 141
leg5: 180 180
making it a 173,5 average for the set (a losing set that is :p)
obv will never happen but fun hypothetical
ffs why did cullen have to remember how to play darts
what a time to have the best (?) performance of the year
Schindy a quarter inch from a nine to getting blown off the stage. Rough stuff.
lol anderson
