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Public Area => Sports and Gambling => Topic started by: silverbullet on December 05, 2018, 11:07:01 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGNZ3GqYrVY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGNZ3GqYrVY) 8)
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Love perfectionn in sport had a tip for Kew Garens in this years St Ledger told you how the race would be run and it as run as planned love when a sports plangoes to plan the tour de france is the best for setting up a plan
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Incredible... been playing for fourty odd years never even came close to a one eighty...
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Love perfectionn in sport had a tip for Kew Garens in this years St Ledger told you how the race would be run and it was as run as planned love when a sports plan goes to plan the tour de france is the best for setting up a plan
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Incredible... been playing for fourty odd years never even came close to a one eighty...
Better darts more money so more professional players .Like snooker Cliff the Canadian was first to get a147 now Ronnie does it for fun .Alex Higgind Joe Davis ReX Williams who were world snooker champs wouldnt be allowed sweep up in a snooker hall today .Higgins wouldnt get his game for the Inchicore Working Mans Club .Steve Davis wouldnt even be the Best Player in Q s Clondalkin .A good club runner would beat Roger Bannister
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Incredible... been playing for fourty odd years never even came close to a one eighty...
Better darts more money so more professional players .Like snooker Cliff the Canadian was first to get a147 now Ronnie does it for fun .Alex Higgind Joe Davis ReX Williams who were world snooker champs wouldnt be allowed sweep up in a snooker hall today .Higgins wouldnt get his game for the Inchicore Working Mans Club .Steve Davis wouldnt even be the Best Player in Q s Clondalkin .A good club runner would beat Roger Bannister
Bill rubberneck would probably get a welcome in clondalkin...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVU8DFW2KQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVU8DFW2KQ)
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[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVU8DFW2KQ[/url] ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSVU8DFW2KQ[/url])
https://youtu.be/DgBfkjkpZcc (https://youtu.be/DgBfkjkpZcc)
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never liked alex higgins.
people's champion me bollix.
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never liked alex higgins.
people's champion me bollix.
Described as a lovely man without drink taken............by Oliver Reed.
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Incredible... been playing for fourty odd years never even came close to a one eighty...
I don't believe that, you musta hit a few at least in practice... unless you use fat darts and/or tend to switch to 19s. My usual is to hit a couple of 120+ scores in warm up and revert to 22s, 26s & 30s thereafter!
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I seen you throw darts .You couldnt hit an Elephants arse if it stood in the Parlour in front of you .
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s more money so more professional players
STG£500,000 for the winner of the 2019 PDC World Championship, starts on Sky sports next Thurs - 13th. Field expanded to 96 with £7,500 for losing in Round 1 - Top 32 got straight to Round 2 so guaranteed £15,000. Under the new regime two women (Lisa Ashton and the once pretty Russian bird that played in it a few years back) will compete without being subsequently banned from the BDO Ladies World Championship that starts in January, staying in the Lakeside thanks to a deal with Eurosport and Discovery. Plenty to look forward to...
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I seen you throw darts .You couldnt hit an Elephants arse if it stood in the Parlour in front of you .
Not far off the mark, to be honest. The eyesight isn't there anymore... I even have to take my glasses off to read nowadays.
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Incredible... been playing for fourty odd years never even came close to a one eighty...
I don't believe that, you musta hit a few at least in practice... unless you use fat darts and/or tend to switch to 19s. My usual is to hit a couple of 120+ scores in warm up and revert to 22s, 26s & 30s thereafter!
I used to call out "Bed and Breakfast" for 26, which was 2/6 shillings! 8)
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s more money so more professional players
STG£500,000 for the winner of the 2019 PDC World Championship, starts on Sky sports next Thurs - 13th. Field expanded to 96 with £7,500 for losing in Round 1 - Top 32 got straight to Round 2 so guaranteed £15,000. Under the new regime two women (Lisa Ashton and the once pretty Russian bird that played in it a few years back) will compete without being subsequently banned from the BDO Ladies World Championship that starts in January, staying in the Lakeside thanks to a deal with Eurosport and Discovery. Plenty to look forward to...
The Russian bird is still the best of them......just a tad porky. I'd tear her Matryoshkas off anyway.
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(https://i.postimg.cc/qtmYBQK8/DSC-1137.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qtmYBQK8)
Lidl doin dart board 20 euro...... Startin Dec 10th
The darts come in handy if yu get runners an yur can't catch the cnuts :(
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Just watching Lisa Ashton playing in the BDO Finders Masters or some such - live and exclusive on https://www.sportvideos.tv/finder-darts-masters-livestream-2/ (https://www.sportvideos.tv/finder-darts-masters-livestream-2/) - playing better than a lot of the men in the PDC!
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Rough diamond.
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Plays Doubles Dekker in the first round of the WC, if she gets the better of him he won't live it down!
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You have that Sky Go app, Rats? Thinking of using my brother's account to install it on the tablet just to watch the Ally Pally.
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No. I use IPTV. Paid c.€42.50 for a year sub from cccambox last December. Sub works on any device - but only one at a time - which suits because I use it on my zGemma box to watch in the living room, on my Android box to record (via IPTV Extreme app) and can Chromecast it from my Android phone to the Kitchen, Bedroom or
Study Gym clothes drying room via IPTV Extreme (using VLC player) when Mrs. Catcher unreasonably objects to watching darts all day every day... All starts tomorrow with Sky Sports Arena rebranded as Sky Sports Darts from midnight tonight... fuck the bonuses, there's darts on telly!
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You having a few notes on Mensur, LL? He's in the right half of the draw so is probably reasonable value at c25/1. I think I'll have a score on Smith (c.16/1) to go with the score I already have on Price at 80/1... and a fiver on each of Lennon and Burton (both 1000/1). Gurney could be value too at c.31/1 now that he knows he can beat van Gerwen on the big stage!
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.138499969 (https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.138499969)
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75/1 Adrian Lewis is tempting, too. FFS, I'll have a night's takings "invested" if I keep looking at it!
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You having a few notes on Mensur, LL? He's in the right half of the draw so is probably reasonable value at c25/1. I think I'll have a score on Smith (c.16/1) to go with the score I already have on Price at 80/1... and a fiver on each of Lennon and Burton (both 1000/1). Gurney could be value too at c.31/1 now that he knows he can beat van Gerwen on the big stage!
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.138499969 (https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.138499969)
I'll throw my usual fiver on 2 or 3 dark horses. Would be a little concerned that Mensur has been off the TV stage for a bit now. When you were embroiled in the Minehead frolics, did you notice how improved Bunting is as a player? He bottled it in the 1/4's, but he might just be on the up.
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Won 2 darts trophies in my youth Can't hit the board now.....AGE
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Played it a bit but nothing serious.............sorry now because I was handy and fairly good at rings too.
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Hairy ones??????
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And that......except they were always exfoliated beforehand.
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I don't think I was ever great at it but I've certainly got worse with age, the eyesight deteriorates. However, it's still a bit of a buzz to beat far better players every once in a while, I guess.
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I'll throw my usual fiver on 2 or 3 dark horses. Would be a little concerned that Mensur has been off the TV stage for a bit now. When you were embroiled in the Minehead frolics, did you notice how improved Bunting is as a player? He bottled it in the 1/4's, but he might just be on the up.
I did. In fact I had him at 9/4 in a tenner treble in the Saturday Evening session with Lennon (won after going 5-0 or 5-1 down) and Rapid Ricky Evans (throwing noticeably slower of late) who let me down, losing to Johnny Clayton - himself full of confidence after beating van Gerwen in the group stage at Wolverhampton. Shame really, Evans' shark song walk on woulda been great craic in the main arena!
Anywaysanall I've enough of my winnings from Minehead "reinvested" now:
€20 Gerwin Price 80/1 - Bet365
€20 Michael Smith 14/1 - Bet365
€20 Daryl Gurney 33/1 - Bet365
€10 Adrian Lewis 70/1 - Bet365
€5 Stephen Burton 1000/1 - Bet365
€5 Steve Lennon (signs his name Stephen) 1000/1 - Betfair Exchange
... and lost a tenner on Lisa Ashton on Betfair Exchange last night but get a free €5 sports book accumulator to chase that!
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My father was a world champion at darts, many years ago.
I threw myself up until a few years ago. The wife even bought me a dartboard but wont let me hang it anywhere in the house, go figure
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My father was a world champion at darts, many years ago.
I threw myself up until a few years ago. The wife even bought me a dartboard but wont let me hang it anywhere in the house, go figure
There's a couple of lads on here do sheds....give them a shout....but not a timeframe!!
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My father was a world champion at darts, many years ago.
I threw myself up until a few years ago. The wife even bought me a dartboard but wont let me hang it anywhere in the house, go figure
There's a couple of lads on here do sheds....give them a shout....but not a timeframe!!
rofl rofl
I have one but I’m not putting the board out there. It’ll get covered in cobwebs and get damp
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Why would you play in a shed when you've got a gaff... like blokes cooking on barbecues a few yards from fully fitted kitchens... Get the misses a hammer and a nail this year...
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Van Barneveld gone.
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Wright, too... and Burton, that's one fiver down. Lennon won in straight sets last night against poor opposition. Showed his class at various stages but missed a few pressure doubles, will need to do better to progress further. However, there was a lot to like about his performance... apart from the 180s and the couple of ton plus checkouts, he has the demeanour of a champion in the making... looks at ease on the big stage and shows no emotion, sticks to his way of doing things regardless of circumstances e.g going T19 on 81 despite having previously missed 5 or 6 at D12/D6, going big 5 on 25 despite the big 5 blocking the double when he came inside the double 10 on his last visit, stays on stage during every break, etc... also liked the way he avoided eye contact every time Bailey (his opponent) wanted to congratulate him on a good finish or whatever. Exchanging "good darts our" and "thanks our" is grand down the pub but there's no place for it in the professional game... in fact it was one of Taylor's best tricks over the years, a little compliment here and there to make his opponent think of his approval and ultimately him rather than focus on their own game!
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Three Irish players in round 2, if we count Brendan Dolan as Irish... Dolan plays Joe Cullen this afternoon, William O'Connor (v James Wilson) this evening and Lennon (v Alan Norris) tomorrow afternoon. I don't think we can claim Londonderry's Daryl Gurney - already through to round 3!
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Wright has had an annus horribilis, as the German reptile once said. Gurney seems to spend every cheque on more Vauxhall Cavaliers. Reported to have a vast collection of them up near Altnagelvin hospital outside Derry city. Hope Bunting wins a big one soon..torrid time with depression and rejecting the claims he is the real Billy Bunter.
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I don't think Bunting can beat Anderson or van Gerwen... but he's in the other side of the draw so he'd have to make the final before that's an issue. For me, Dimitri -vs- Clayton has the makings of a great game and I reckon the winner of that will send Bunting home in round 3!
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Wright has had an annus horribilis,
Wright, for me, ruled himself out of contention when he finished runner up to van Gerwen in one of the TV tournaments a while back... spoke about himself as not being in the same class as Anderson and van Gerwen... with that attitude he never will be. I know Price and Gurney have done similar but they both have a bit more going on upstairs... Price was obviously rubbing it in for Anderson without sinking to his level and trading insults. Similarly, Gurney's "thinking of giving it up", etc comments in response to van Gerwen suggesting he doesn't deserve to be in the top 8 was pure nonsense - where else would he earn the kinda poke he gets for throwing arrows - Of course, he was still happy to agree with Michael as he took stg£100,000 out of his phoca last month!
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Dolan and O'Connor both through to round 3, hopefully Lennon will join them tomorrow...Willy played out of his skin, maybe Lennon getting into the top 32 has given him a bit of a jolt. Dolan playing better than he has for a long time too.
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Pity Durrant didn't do a switcheroo last yr. Wright messes around too much with his darts and his hair.
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BDO probably struggling more now than ever before. Bob Potter was going to pull sponsorship of their World Championship if they couldn't find a terrestrial TV carrier. They eventually found Quest (part of Discovery) who will share rights with Eurosport.... having gone from BBC to C4 to Quest, they're really scraping the bottom of the barrel. Also, under new rules their players can compete in the PDC Q school tournaments without being suspended for a couple of years as was previously the case. This year will see Lisa Ashton and the once pretty Russian bird (who was previously suspended for playing in the PDC) compete in the BDO Ladies World Championship having already competed in the PDC event.
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Quest?......did not know that......presumed that lanky chap with the massive honker on C4 would be annoying me again this Jan....that the channel that shows the Heavy Rescue fat lads in Canada?
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I think so. There's Quest and Quest Red, I sometimes watch crime documentaries on the latter after work if I've nothing recorded, midnightish... Didn't know it's on terrestrial TV in the UK, my aerial in the attic that picks up BBC, UTV, etc doesn't pick it up so I only have it on satellite... but it is a FTA channel.
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i could be wrong but I think Mr Hearn has a share in it...........the Scottish Open (Snooker) was on it recently. I like watching the lads pulling 18 wheelers oot(sic) from icy embankments.
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Quite possibly. I think there was some restructuring after Sky significantly cut fees it pays for broadcasting Discovery's channels on it's platform a few years back.
http://sport-onthebox.com/2018/10/30/bdo-darts-world-championship-eurosport-quest-tv-rights-deal-2019-2021/ (http://sport-onthebox.com/2018/10/30/bdo-darts-world-championship-eurosport-quest-tv-rights-deal-2019-2021/)
Eurosport & Quest to show BDO World Darts Championships
Eurosport has signed a deal to broadcast three of the biggest tournaments on the British Darts Organisation calendar for the next three years in the UK.
Starting from January 2019, darts fans will be able to watch the three highest-profile tournaments in the BDO circuit on Eurosport, including the World Professional Darts Championships in January, followed later in the year by the World Darts Trophy and the BDO World Masters in September.
Additionally, in a commitment to ensure the BDO World Championships remain on terrestrial television for the 42nd consecutive year, Discovery-owned channel Quest will also share coverage of all three events with Eurosport, providing both live coverage and highlights programming to free-to-air audiences.
Eurosport and Quest take over as rights holders for the BDO World Championships from Channel 4 and BT Sport, who shared coverage of the tournament in 2017 and 2018. Channel 4 took over the terrestrial reigns of the tournament from the BDO’s former long-standing TV partner the BBC, which pulled out of covering BDO darts in 2016.
Alongside comprehensive TV coverage across Freeview, Freesat, cable and satellite, Eurosport and Quest’s BDO darts coverage will also be available to watch by the subscription service Eurosport Player and via catch-up on Quest OD.
In addition to exclusive UK rights, Eurosport, which has long been a broadcasting partner of the BDO across the UK, Europe and globally, will also show all three tournaments exclusively live in the Netherlands and Australia.
Emir Osmanbegovic, Eurosport SVP Sports Content & Production, said:
“We’re delighted to secure world-class action for these three darts-crazy markets. Darts offers unscripted drama and an incredible spectacle. We are looking forward to bringing this theatre to millions of darts fans in the UK, Netherlands and Australia.”
Des Jacklin, chairman of the BDO, added:
“Eurosport have for many years been a great broadcast partner and supporter of the BDO. It is fantastic to see them get the opportunity to show the BDO World Professional Darts Championships in the UK for the first time and to give us a nine event three-year commitment for the UK, Netherlands and Australia.
“The live terrestrial coverage on Quest continues the tradition of the BDO World Professional Darts Championships having been broadcast on a terrestrial channel for 41 years. We have been committed to securing this long-term broadcasting contract so we can focus our attentions on further improving the BDO for the players and supporters alike.”
Eurosport and Quest’s exclusive BDO darts coverage begins on 5 January 2019 with the Lakeside World Professional Darts Championships.
A memorable men’s final in 2018 saw Englishman Glen Durrant picking up the £100,000 winners’ cheque after narrowly beating compatriot Mark McGeeney, to retain the world title.
Likewise, after winning the thrilling final in 2018 against Anastasia Dobromyslova 4-time winner Lisa Ashton is returning in 2019 to try and make it three in a row.
BDO darts coverage adds to Quest’s growing free-to-air sports portfolio which includes EFL and Carabao Cup highlights, live Home Nations snooker events and British Superbikes.
As well as confirmation of a new television deal for its flagship events, the BDO has also confirmed that the Lakeside Country Club will host the 2019 edition of the World Professional Championships. The Frimley Green venue has hosted the event since 1986.
Further details of Eurosport and Quest’s presenting team and commentary line-up for its BDO darts coverage will be confirmed in due course.
For more information about the British Darts Organisation, visit bdodarts.com.
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Used to watch Eurosport non-stop when they had exclusive coverage of European Judo comps. Big Teddy from France was a sight to behold.
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Another fiver down this afternoon with Lennon losing to Norris in a cracking game that went all the way to an 11th leg tie breaker in the final set. I'm sure he's pissed off now but in the fullness of time he ought to able to find plenty of positives in his performance. Bunting gone too, LL...
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Yeah. His "comeback" was a flash in the pan. He's Ted Hankey on Xanax.
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Mensur gone too which will probably please Willie O'Connor but your man Ryan Searle played quite well in the first round of the Players Championship Finals and took eventual winner Daryl Gurney to a deciding leg in the second round in a game I didn't see... with both players finding their form that has the makings of a decent contest. Something's definitely clicked with O'Connor, I remember him taking on the crowd a few months back when he played Hopp in Germany with an air of aggression that was completely out of character and now he's probably playing better than ever... personally I think it's Lennon's rise through the ranks that's got his back up... he spent years playing second fiddle (albeit marginally) to Mick McGowan so probably feels he should be Irish number 1 given that Mick stopped playing on the pro circuit earlier in the year.
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A bear that has been poked? Thought he walked into it myself when I saw him in Germany. The darting gemeinschaft really wound him up. The darts world order is in metamorphosis. I'm expecting some unheard of wearing a skirt with an Adam's apple to rise to the throne...harder to push one through in snooker as the Spider and Bridge can challenge a tight skirt.
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times they are a changin'
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A few non dyke females in snooker might rekindle my interest from a viewing perspective, used to watch it in the 80s/90s but lost interest as the years went on. Price lost last night, costing me another score... €40 down before round 3 starts! Clayton gone too so the last Welsh man standing, Jamie Lewis (impressive in this event last year), will probably beat Gurney in their round 3 game this afternoon and take another score outta my phoca!
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Tenner double today on Reyes and Anderson(Kyle)..........not much of a chance but I live in hope. I agree with Adrian Lewis when he said there's too many in this competition. Aspinall deserved his win........glad for him.
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Dutch Mick wins the lot
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Aspinall was always capable of beating Price hence I mentioned the discrepancy in their odds before the game (Price 20/1, Aspinall 500/1)... similarly he's capable of beating anyone in the path to the semi finals. He'd probably have to get lucky to go further but the professional punters would be looking at laying off by then. I was a bit pissed off having backed Price at 80s because he would have been capable of progressing beyond the semis and because he let a 2-0 set lead slip but then he went 5-0 or 5-1 up in Minehead before losing 6-5.
O'Connor losing was the most disappointing result to date. For whatever reason he just looked under incredible pressure from the off, the space between his ears was clearly far too cluttered. I guess the match of the tournament to date was Gary Anderson scraping through against Wattimena who woulda beat anyone else except van Gerwen with the form he found. Gurney cost me a score but, to be honest, he was pure shite and didn't deserve the match dart he somehow got. It'd be nice to see Jamie Lewis go a bit further, he seems to thrive on the big stage atmosphere.
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Good win for Aspinall, beating Kyle Anderson 4-1. I reckon he's earned a place on my youngsters to watch list, alongside Jamie Lewis and Dimitri van den Burgh who both impressed in this contest last year and are still in the running for this year's title.... and, of course, our own Steve Lennon. Wob Cwoss has turned up, too... showed a bit of the form that won him last year's title after a sluggish start in beating Reyes 4-0. It woulda been hard to predict him successfully defending his title based on recent form combined with a relatively lacklustre year on the circuit... maybe he's an ally pally specialist?
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Shoulda mentioned Brendan Dolan, too... the only (Norn) Irishman left in the competition. Through to a career best last 16 and playing as well as he's ever played. No doubt he'll fancy going a bit further. Like Aspinall he's capable of beating anyone on the path to the semis if he maintains his current form.
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An easy win yesterday for Dolan to set up a quarter final clash with Aspinall this afternoon, should be a decent game as they're both entitled to fancy their chances. My last remaining bet, Smith could have a game on his hands this evening when he plays Luke Humphries who dispensed with Stephen Bunting, Dimitri van den Burgh and reigning champion Rob Cross to make the last eight.
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I still have Smith at 22s. How’s he doing?? I can cash out and we’ll cover my 3 bets
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He's in the final. When did you get 22s, I only got 14s at the start of the tournament - did you do him before the draw?
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Cashing out for a profit wouldn't be a bad idea but be aware of the bookies cut on cash outs. Check the options for laying off or backing his opponent on Betfair before you make any decision... market currently suspended - presumably it'll be back after the 2nd semi that's starting now. Smith ought to be 2nd fav in the final regardless of who he plays but it'll be tighter if he plays his stablemate and former sponsor, Anderson. For what it's worth I'd give him a better chance against van Gerwen myself.
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.138499969 (https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.138499969)
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Market back now... trading at c.3.6 meaning you'd have to put up c.€26 for every tenner you want to lay off.
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Twas offering me €53 for my tenner on PP. Cash out is suspended at the moment, probably due to the 2nd semi final being on at the moment and they want to see who he plays.
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It's just dropped to €49.27 :-[
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Fuck that - If he wins you collect €230 (€10 at 22/1) - At 3.6 you'd take €90 (minus 5%) for €234 on Betfair! Personally I'd leave it 'till it's a two horse race.... maybe put up €167 for €45 and keep half the bet...
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I’m a conservative gambler.
It’s dropped to €45.37 now as MVG seems to be powering ahead of Anderson
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Gone 4.1 on Betfair now that Anderson's two sets down... cost you €232.50 for €80 (minus 5%) at that price... still significantly more than Betfair's sister firm, paddy power, is offering you - the thieving cunts.
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BTW, he was trading at 4.0 before he beat Aspinall so he's got a stage further and his price has increased... shoulda crashed out then!
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Sorry, I only copped the sliding scale in cash out there now. Hadn’t a clue what you were referring to above, haha
I could cash out my tender, and keep 7.80 on the be5 and possibly win 175.
Cash out suspended again as MVG 3 sets up
I had forgot I had put the bets on until I realized 2 others had lost already, brown and lennon
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4 sets up now... above is on Betfair exchange... powers seem to be offering about 60% of what you could get on that.... the reason for that is to catch punters that don't use the exchange or don't have funds to put up.
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Bet365 is almost as bad - offering me €55 for my €20 @ 14/1. It'd cost c.€180 to take €55 on betfair at the current 4.3. I could take €90 for €297 of the potential €300 return. I won't be laying off though, I'm happy enough to have a runner (albeit the outsider) in the final - although I'd rather it was Gerwyn Price at 80/1!
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... but then, if it was Gerwyn I'd want him to be playing Anderson i.e. I want to have my cake and eat it!
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I’ll wait til the first couple of sets and gauge it, then either cash out or stay in, but knowing me, I’ll forget it’s on, until it’s all over and I lost all my monies
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Sure ya already forgot about it once, it won't break the bank!
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Nah, I know I'm winning money now so I'll watch it. If the cash out goes above €100, I'll take it, if it drops below €30, I'll cash out too
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More likely to fall than rise I guess... Smith winning would be the biggest upset of the tournament, a tournament that has seen quite a few upsets.
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Bollox bollox bollox, I forgot all about it(as I said I would) and it’s down to 1.88
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Take it... Quick!
Crap game of darts... one of the worst games of the tournament, far from a fitting finale!
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I should have taken, at least I’d have clawed back some of my loss
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Go and do another half a job instead!
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Back to work in the morning after 12 days off the road so will defy be doing a few extra jobs every day, if I can
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Were you off the road by choice or due to mechanical failure?
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Yeah Vikkiz...tell us ffs....don't be throwin nuggets on differents threads...Shareef don't like it!!
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Hope you had a Superb Holiday!!
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Mechanical breakdown. Piece of shit Superb, cylinder head is knackered, not spending money on it so bitta sealer on injectors will last me a week or two hopefully.
New cylinder head involves new engine and I aint spending that much on here when I have new cars NCT on Monday
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What kilometreage is on her?
What colour is your new Prius?
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What kilometreage is on her?
What colour is your new Prius?
260,000 miles,
Dunno what color my new Prius is as I didn’t buy one, I purchased a Ssangyong Turismo, looking to expand into the 6 seater market and it also plenty of space for the family
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That's over 400,000 kilos... it probably doesn't owe you a whole lot, you'd be mad to put a new head on it at that kilometreage anyway. Good luck with the new yoke.
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Yes over 400k, I have it over 5 years now, paid off 2 years ago, saved about 5k when I bought it and I still haven’t spent that on the car so I’m quids in. Saved about 7-8k on this new yoke.
And thanks
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BDO version just started on Quest. Don't see enough of their players to know their form but there has to be a live outsider or two with the bookies going 11/10 Durrant, 10/1 bar... A couple of ex PDC players in the lineup including Wes Newton and Andy Hamilton but I guess a watching brief is best advised for the first round at least... The Quest/Eurosport pundits - including Chris Mason, Martin Adams and Paul Nicholson - might give some insight.
https://www.oddschecker.com/darts/bdo-world-championship/winner (https://www.oddschecker.com/darts/bdo-world-championship/winner)
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Incredible... been playing for fourty odd years never even came close to a one eighty...
Better darts more money so more professional players .Like snooker Cliff the Canadian was first to get a147 now Ronnie does it for fun .Alex Higgind Joe Davis ReX Williams who were world snooker champs wouldnt be allowed sweep up in a snooker hall today .Higgins wouldnt get his game for the Inchicore Working Mans Club .Steve Davis wouldnt even be the Best Player in Q s Clondalkin .A good club runner would beat Roger Bannister
Dixie Deans still going strong :D
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Not a whole lot to take from Round 1, nobody playing particularly well. I think I'll have a tenner on each of the Scotts (name not county)... Mitchell @ c.10/1 and Waites @ c.18/1.
https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.152062925 (https://www.betfair.com/exchange/plus/darts/market/1.152062925)
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Martin/Wolfie looks heavily medicated. Pity Mason and the Geordie rent boy wouldn't shut up.
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Have a runner in the final anyway with Waites. I see he's having a go at the PDC Q School this year... funny, last time he won the BDO he coulda got a PDC tour card with guaranteed entry to all the majors, maybe even a Premier League spot...
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Didn't know that and I can't understand why he's doing it. He's earned far more than Durrant over they yrs as a BDO player and has a highly successful business. Nicholson reckoned himself that he wouldn't go near that Q-school thing as he's not good enough. Said that when Suzuki was showing the women how to play darts. Durrant can work flexi in his game so he could possibly go PDC route.............but can't see it. They seem to have no lives at all for 7 months of the yr. Disappointing tournament overall in my view, with the little Jap being the only highlight.
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Durrant is going to Q school too, I believe. It's all down to the rule changes. Last year Daryl Fitton and Tony O'Shea unsuccessfully competed in Q school. Fitton was banned from this year's Lakeside as a result but O'Shea wasn't because he hadn't competed in the previous year's event (didn't qualify)... The rules have changed from this year so anyone can compete without being banned from next year's Lakeside and there's no contractual obligation to repay monies won at the Lakeside if you compete in the PDC within two years, as was previously the case.
It was the compensation rule that Durrant says stopped him moving to the PDC (again, wouldn't have had to go near Q school) for the last two years. However, I've heard from folk who'd know a lot more about it than me that that's complete bollox as the PDC would have paid back the £100/200k as part of any deal as they (allegedly) did for Bunting, King, van Barnaveld and probably others over the years.
One has to wonder why Barry Hearn hasn't increased the number of PDC tour cards on offer to put the final nail in the coffin of the BDO. Bob Potter is thought to be against the rule changes with some suggesting that he only signed a one year deal to sponsor/host this year's BDO World Championship for that reason. However, if he did only sign a one year deal I suspect that's more down to the TV coverage than anything else. Being on a mainstream channel obviously attracts more viewers and comes with the benefit of the Lakeside being advertised in every promo run during more popular programmes, etc...
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^^ There was a few decent enough games in the men's event but the Japanese lady definitely stole the show... and Ricky Evans' walk on music! I'd say she could worry a few of the men in the PDC if she goes that route next year!
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You know more than me on the subject.............didn't know any of the above except that Potter owned the Lakeside. I'll give the BDO credit in how they handle the crowds and don't insist on paying customers having to flash sponsor cards every time the cameras move. There's still a nostalgic feel to a BDO tournament. I see Scotty too Hotty has had the eyes done........no more bags. Hard to hide the creases when you're a baldy.
I'm just raging Wonderburger Unterbruchner did a Bunting on Saturday........stuck a few quid on him before heading to Parnell Park.
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I'd say the only reason they don't have sponsor's cards is 'cos they can't get sponsors! The Lakeside took over sponsoring as well as hosting the WC a few years back, although there must be some money coming from TV rights. It looks like a good environment for darts though, wouldn't mind going over some year if it survives but I believe it's a lot more expensive than broadly similar PDC events like those held in Minehead and I'd have to work through the silly season to take a relatively expensive week off in January. I think Red's at the Players Championship is similar in size and atmosphere to the Lakeside and I enjoyed that, in fact I'll probably go again this year.
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Full list of entries given in link:
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/01/15/durrant-headlines-uk-q-school-entries (https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/01/15/durrant-headlines-uk-q-school-entries)
Durrant Headlines UK Q School Entries
ENTRIES for 2019 PDC UK Qualifying School are now confirmed, with 397 players - including Lakeside Champion Glen Durrant - set to compete for PDC Tour Cards in Wigan from January 17-20.
A total of 19 PDC Tour Cards will be on offer at the Robin Park Tennis Centre, with the final two players on each of the four days winning an automatic PDC Tour Card.
In addition, players will earn ranking points per victory in each full round of the event (which does not include Byes), which will be used to form the UK Q School Order of Merit, from which the top 11 players will win Tour Cards.
Three-time World Champion John Part is among the players to have entered UK Qualifying School, along with televised title winner Kevin Painter and former PDC World Championship finalists Andy Hamilton and Kirk Shepherd.
Former PDC televised finalists Wes Newton, Colin Osborne, Barrie Bates, Richie Burnett and Mark Walsh will also be competing, along with 2018/19 World Championship participants Aden Kirk and Stephen Burton.
A number of other experienced PDC stars will attempt to return to the PDC circuit, including former ranking event winners Jamie Caven, Andy Jenkins and Joe Murnan and former UK Open semi-finalists David Pallett and Andrew Gilding.
Three-time Lakeside Champion Glen Durrant heads the list of BDO players taking part, alongside two-time champion Scott Waites and they are joined by 2018 Grand Slam of Darts participants Mark McGeeney and Jim Williams.
Lisa Ashton and Anastasia Dobromyslova, former Lakeside Women’s Champions who also competed in the PDC World Championship last month, headline a list of female entrants which also includes three-time UK Open qualifier Deta Hedman and recent Lakeside runner-up Lorraine Winstanley.
International hopefuls in action in Wigan include four players who starred in the 2018/19 World Championship; Brazil's Diogo Portela, Hong Kong's Royden Lam, India's Nitin Kumar and American Chuck Puleo.
With UK Qualifying School entries now confirmed, the top seven players from the European Qualifying School Order of Merit have secured Tour Cards.
Follow DartConnect and pdc.tv from January 17-20 for live results from UK Qualifying School, which starts at 1030 GMT each day.
All games are the best of nine legs.
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A couple of names not on the list are interesting... Wesley Harms, Scott Mitchell... are the bookies offering odds on next year's Lakeside, assuming there will be a Lakeside next year...
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Durrant got a tour card, as did Mark McGeeney and Conan Whitehead. Scott Waites didn't. Full list/report at:
https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/01/20/2019-pdc-tour-card-holders (https://www.pdc.tv/news/2019/01/20/2019-pdc-tour-card-holders)
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Good stuff. Nice to know there's someone else out there who likes the aul darts. Not one of my mates has any time for the game at all. Lakeside will feature next yr, I'd say. They seem determined to confine it to the bin though. Have to say, it's very off-putting the way it slipped from the BBC to C4 and now Quest. ITV 4 does the free-to-air stuff very well. Quest's graphic designer looked like he had spent time with Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac picking lilies from the nuthouse pound.
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Couldn't read the scores on the first afternoon. Thought it was me mince pies but it musta been the same for everyone as it changed (from black on red to white on red) after one session.
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Right. I'll have a small wager with you that there won't be one man presenting a PDC tournament by 2022. Have a look at the BBC and football coverage.............some classic "not familiar with the sport at all" mistakes....."Dirby County; Ajaks; Deportivo La Corolla...............".
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Virgin/TV3...........Simona Heaslip (Tennis). Whatever happened to Aidian Cooney?..........