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...
Wow what a prick. Imagine trying to big time people as an American darter. Jermaine cracking here.
Rowby match was wild. Starts down 0-3 but checks 140, 136, 106, and closes 72 with T1 19 DB to win 6-4.
yeah, that was unfortunate, but was still up for the session
some big ties in round 4 - whitlock/heta, dvd/humphries, wade/littler, smith/cullen are probably the picks
****ing de sousa ruining everything
Fear I'm at the stage where I'm going to be betting against Littler any time he plays someone remotely competent, Schindler beating Price then getting installed at longer than 3/1 is all kinds of lol, sure Luke can go mad and win 10-2 or something but the process is correct
Right on cue. Schindler had plenty of darts to take it too.
Woodhouse knocking out Smith and Ando doing the job keeps me in the black just fine
Holy **** at Bunting / Doets. What a meltdown. Kev missing rather badly there when it was on the line.
Wright throwing two different colors of Axe Neons has me on low key tilt not gonna lie.
Last 16 draw
Wright v Bunting
King v Humphries
Clayton v Van den Bergh
Heta v van Veen
Evans v Woodhouse
Lukeman v Anderson
Cross v Barry
Littler v Chisnall
With Ando gone this is just a Littler procession isn't it
Bunting looked rough in the early rounds and Snakebite had been warming up, but this is a complete reversal of fortunes so far.
Wow 10-9 great marquee match.
I guess Dimitri had a bet on both players to miss match darts given how much it looked like he was choking the title away
Almost Dmitri van de Velde.
RIP Tony Green
Just saw the draw. DVB / Bunting and Wade / RVB first round is criminal.
made 34 cents today
Littler wins Euro Tour debut, hits nine in final, won't be in next I've as he didn't qualify
lol adam smith-neale
This marker not writing fast enough for the Asp.
Hit my first 180 tonight! Lost count of how many chances I've had at it after 2 darts, probably close to 25 or so. Had 2 shots at it last night at a blind draw that ended in 140s, finally hit it tonight playing some practice games with my wife.
Hit my first 180 tonight! Lost count of how many chances I've had at it after 2 darts, probably close to 25 or so. Had 2 shots at it last night at a blind draw that ended in 140s, finally hit it tonight playing some practice games with my wife.
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How long have you been playing? I've gone much longer than 25 attempts between 180s with 120 in the board before.
Not a fan of these Monday finals. Why are they doing that? Afternoon match I'm looking for is Asp / Schindler. Germans are down to their last runner and had some issues earlier with Nate getting rustled by the whistler then yelling at the chalker. That could get ugly.
