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06.09

6:39

UK Open Review

Before the next tournament starts, we want to go over the last results from the UK Open.  While they don’t make the greatest reading, we can take a lot out of them and use it to progress forward for this week’s tournament in Las Vegas.

Outright Selections: Jamie Caven 0.5pts EW – Beaten 10-3 in QF by Colin Osborne

Wayne Jones 0.5pts EW – Beaten 9-7 in R4 by Colin Osborne

Vincent Van Der Voort 0.5pt EW – Beaten 9-6 in R3 by Wayne Jones

Merv King 0.5pts EW – Beaten 9-8 in R3 by Michael Barnard

Summary: Caven performed best of our selections in reaching the QF where he froze a little on stage I felt. Jones was beaten by Caven’s conqueror Colin Osborne in the previous round who played inspired darts all week. We were a bit unlucky that 2 selections were drawn to play in R3 but VDV was well beaten and King also deserved to lose by all accounts. All in all a disappointing tournament but hopefully this is a temporary blip.

Profit/Loss: -4pts

Match Bets:

R1 – Mark Jodrill to bt David Smurthwaite: 2pts @ 8/11 WON

R2 – Michael Barnard to bt Steve Maish: 1pt @ 6/5 WON

R3 – Michael Van Gerwen to bt Andy Hamilton: 1pt @ 6/5 LOST

R3 – Louis Blundell to bt Andy Roberts: 1pt @ 11/10 LOST

R3 – Peter Wright to bt Mark Webster: 0.5pts @ 9/4 LOST

R4 – Roland Scholten to bt Wes Newton: 1pt @ 11/10 LOST

R4 – Peter Manley to bt Mark Webster: 1pt @ 5/6 LOST

R5 – Wes Newton to bt Alan Tabern: 1pt @ 7/4 LOST

QF – Kevin Painter to bt Alan Tabern: 1pt @ 11/10 WON

QF – Ronnie Baxter to bt Terry Jenkins: 1pt @ Evs WON

SF – Kevin Painter to bt Colin Osborne: 1pt @ 5/4 LOST

Summary: A 4/11 strike rate is not what we are aiming for and certainly won’t continue in the future. Overall a small loss of -1.75pts but the problem with this tournament seems to be the quick turnaround in matches and the lack of specials as bookmakers haven’t enough time to get them out. Hopefully once the Matchplay starts and The Desert Classic we will see an upturn in our fortunes.

Our betting tips for Las Vegas will start over the next 24 hours, so keep watching and we’ll try and make us all a lot better off come Sunday night.

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06.09

11:06

World Matchplay Darts Tournament History

Background:

This tournament has been played in its current format since 1994 and it takes place in Blackpool at The Winter Gardens. Its probably the best venue on tour and one that all the players look forward to due to the vociferous crowds and large prize pools. Its been sponsored by Stan James since the year 2000 and to date is the longest running sponsorship in the PDC calendar. Its also the only tournament that doesn’t have a deciding leg as all matches must be decided by 2 clear legs which leads to a lot of excitement and games that run and run.

The tournament has been won 9 times by Taylor in its 15 years and other winners are Larry Butler, Peter Evison, Rod Harrington (x2), Colin Lloyd and James Wade. The tournament takes place over the course of a week in late July and features 32 of the top players in the world. It’s the 16 top players as taken from the PDC order of Merit along with 16 players who have earned the most money in qualifying events up until the cut off point at the end of June. From there the 16 from the OOM will be seeded and drawn against the 16 qualifiers which always leads to some explosive matches in R1. As in most tournaments the format gets longer as the rounds progress and will culminate in a final that is best of 35 legs.

Past Winners:

2000 – Phil Taylor bt Alan Warriner 18-12
2001 – Phil Taylor bt Richie Burnett 18-10
2002 – Phil Taylor bt John Part 18-16
2003 – Phil Taylor bt Wayne Mardle 18-12
2004 – Phil Taylor bt Mark Dudbridge 18-8
2005 – Colin Lloyd bt John Part 18-12
2006 – Phil Taylor bt James Wade 18-11
2007 – James Wade bt Terry Jenkins 18-7
2008 – Phil Taylor bt James Wade 18-9

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06.09

11:06

Las Vegas Desert Classic Tournament History

Background:

This tournament is probably the one that is treated with the least amount of seriousness and prestige by the players. A lot of players tend to combine the darts with a holiday and a bit of time gambling. There’s always an odd atmosphere at the venue too due to the games all taking place in the morning and very small crowds in comparison with the rest of the tv tournaments. It takes place over 5 days in early July and has been played in a legs based format for the past 2 years. A feature of this tournament is the early rounds being a very short format which always lends itself to shocks as in a race to 6 any of the top 50 are capable of running 3 or 4 very quick legs to gain a huge advantage. Phil Taylor has the best record of anyone here with 4 wins in the tournament history but one player who is worth looking out for is Wes Newton who seems to reserve his best for Las Vegas despite showing very little elsewhere.

Past Winners:

2002 – Phil Taylor bt Ronnie Baxter 3-0 (Sets)
2003 – Peter Manley bt John Part 16-12 (Legs)
2004 – Phil Taylor bt Wayne Mardle 6-4 (Sets)
2005 – Phil Taylor bt Wayne Mardle 6-1 (Sets)
2006 – John Part bt Raymond Van Barneveld 6-3 (Sets)
2007 – Raymond Van Barneveld bt Terry Jenkins 13-6 (Legs)
2008 – Phil Taylor bt James Wade 13-7 (Legs)

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06.09

11:04

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