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...
and he kind of needs to win to stay ahead of doets in the matchplay race
If this chart I'm looking at is correct, he's still ahead by a hair if he loses and Rock takes Doets out.
Zing!
Not sure about ROW but in US&A#195 this tournament is available for free on PlutoTV through Fanduel TV Extra:
You should have parlayed it!
Suljovic and Rodriguez at the grand slam, yltsi
Mensur played out of his mind at times but result never in doubt. Winter Gardens hype now.
Mensur played out of his mind at times but result never in doubt. Winter Gardens hype now.
Yep. First of the last two Pro Tours starting in about an hour and a half, the last spots are almost certainly two from these six (and who is on their board):
Gilding (52250) - King, Hall/Lennon, Rock/JdZ/Richardson/Sparidaans
Doets (51000) - Reus, *****/Suljovic, RSmith/Beaton/Wattimena/Kirk
Wade (50500) - Soutar, LEvans/Brown, Heta/Aspinall/Burton/White
Dirk (47500) - Baetens, Griffin/SWilliams, Noppert/Hood/Barry/Crabtree
Rydz (47500) - Lauby, Szaganski/Slevin, Ando/JdS/Wenig/O'Connor
de Decker (46250) - KHuybrechts, van Peer/Klose, Price/Perez/Boulton/Lukeman
Bottom three did nothing. Wade making a quarter today puts him back in as of now. Three of the four semi finalists don't have a tour card lol
van gerwen v littler at blackpool lol
Have to change the rules. That can't happen.
By eye test and recent results I have Pikachu on the worst form from Pro Tour draw pool. Which player(s) does your model think is worst right now?
By eye test and recent results I have Pikachu on the worst form from Pro Tour draw pool. Which player(s) does your model think is worst right now?
Of the field now I've got it as:
Humphries, Anderson, Littler, Price
Dobey, Cross, Bunting, Noppert
Heta, van Gerwen, RSmith, Schindler
Rock, Chisnall, Searle, Joyce
MSmith, Aspinall, van Veen, van den Bergh
van Barneveld, Wade, Woodhouse, Dolan
Clayton, Gurney, Cullen, Ratajski
Edhouse, Wright, Gilding, Pietreczko
So yeah, can't disagree with that. He's a point and a half behind Gilding. Was surprised to see MvG that low. I'm getting Luke at over 95% to win that one
Can't believe betvictor still have Anderson at 4/5 against Smith, balls of steel to put out that line given the relative quality of birth
HYPE! Might be the most unusual venue on tour? I wonder if there are any weird draft / air current issues there.
It's supposedly the hottest venue they play at, so I guess not?
Also I am going absurdly ham on Ando if nobody noticed
Pikachu not playing bad at all and it's not gonna matter one bit.
woodhouse really, really needed that last leg, the entire second session was complete dogshit otherwise
One of the purest nines I've seen from DVB. Awful draw for wanting Schindy and Bunting to rank up.
fml done an absolute packet today, how the hell did gary not get into the break at least even
On Monday, 29 July, tickets for ally pally will go on sale. The wife and myself want to go there this year for the first time.
I don't have a PDCTV Annual Membership. Do i stand any chance of getting tickets?
Does anyone have some general tips & tricks for this?
you won't get a table ticket and you'll need to be quick if you've signed up for a priority window
Welll, I've secured me some tickets for Ally Pally.
How is the transportation after the evening session? The underground closes at 0:00 right?
