The Las Vegas Desert Classic Thread!

ratinakeg

So here is the line up;

PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic - Complete Field
PDC Top 16 Qualifiers
Phil Taylor (seed 1)
James Wade (2)
Raymond van Barneveld (3)
John Part (4)
Terry Jenkins (5)
Mervyn King (6)
Adrian Lewis (7)
Alan Tabern (8)
Dennis Priestley
Ronnie Baxter
Colin Lloyd
Wayne Mardle
Colin Osborne
Kevin Painter
Andy Hamilton
Mark Walsh

North American Order of Merit Qualifiers
Darin Young
Scott Burnett
Chris White
Bill Davis

Qualifiers
Gary Anderson
Louis Blundell
Jamie Caven
Phillip Hazel
Jelle Klaasen
Peter Manley
Colin Monk
Wes Newton
Co Stompe
Vincent van der Voort
Simon Whitlock
Peter Wright

Might have a bet on Wednesday but I don't know who to go for yet!

ratinakeg

Here are the odds;

http://www.oddschecker.com/other-sports/darts/las-vegas-desert-classic/win-market

on the board

Ireland and the silver tassie's very own Ben Prenters dream came to an end yesterday in the dessert classic, he was beaten in the semi final of his board on Sunday by Simon the wizard Witlock and yesterday lost to Steve Hines, well done ben for giving it a bash.

Kingp35

Anyone know what time the draw is at?

ratinakeg

I can't find any info about the draw on any site!

Devastator

full draw can be found here.....with live updates

http://www.pdc.tv/page/NewsdeskDetail/0,,10180~1708560,00.html

Healio

First Round - Wednesday 1st July 2009
Wednesday July 1 (11am start, 7pm BST)
Dennis Priestley v Colin Monk
Alan Tabern v Wes Newton
Colin Lloyd v Peter Wright
Ronnie Baxter v Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins v Simon Whitlock
Phil Taylor v Jamie Caven
Wayne Mardle v Gary Anderson
John Part v Scott Burnett

First Round - Thursday 2nd July 2009
Thursday July 2 (11am start, 7pm BST)
Mervyn King v Louis Blundell
Andy Hamilton v Chris White
Mark Walsh v Peter Manley
Colin Osborne v Co Stompe
Raymond van Barneveld v Bill Davis
James Wade v Phillip Hazel
Adrian Lewis v Vincent van der Voort
Kevin Painter v Darin Young


Second Round - Friday 3rd July 2009
(All best of 15 legs)
Phil Taylor/Jamie Caven v Dennis Priestley/Colin Monk
Alan Tabern/Wes Newton v Wayne Mardle/Gary Anderson
John Part/Scott Burnett v Ronnie Baxter/Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins/Simon Whitlock v Colin Lloyd/Peter Wright
James Wade/Phillip Hazel v Andy Hamilton/Chris White
Adrian Lewis/Vincent van der Voort v Mark Walsh/Peter Manley
Raymond van Barneveld/Bill Davis v Colin Osborne/Co Stompe
Mervyn King/Louis Blundell v Kevin Painter/Darin Young

Quarter Finals - Saturday 4th July 2009
(All best of 21 legs)
Phil Taylor/Jamie Caven/Dennis Priestley/Colin Monk v Alan Tabern/Wes Newton/Wayne Mardle/Gary Anderson
John Part/Scott Burnett/Ronnie Baxter/Jelle Klaasen v Terry Jenkins/Simon Whitlock/Colin Lloyd/Peter Wright
James Wade/Phillip Hazel/Andy Hamilton/Chris White v Adrian Lewis/Vincent van der Voort/Mark Walsh/Peter Manley
Raymond van Barneveld/Bill Davis/Colin Osborne/Co Stompe v Mervyn King/Louis Blundell/Kevin Painter/Darin Young


Semi-Finals - Sunday 5th July 2009
(All best of 21 legs)
Phil Taylor/Jamie Caven/Dennis Priestley/Colin Monk/Alan Tabern/Wes Newton/Wayne Mardle/Gary Anderson v John Part/Scott Burnett/Ronnie Baxter/Jelle Klaasen/Terry Jenkins/Simon Whitlock/Colin Lloyd/Peter Wright

James Wade/Phillip Hazel/Andy Hamilton/Chris White/Adrian Lewis/Vincent van der Voort/Mark Walsh/Peter Manley v Raymond van Barneveld/Bill Davis/Colin Osborne/Co Stompe/Mervyn King/Louis Blundell/Kevin Painter/Darin Young

Final - Sunday 5th July 2009

ratinakeg

Ah damn it I'm gonna miss this tonight unless I get mobile broadband before I start work at 4!:( I can always watch the replay at 1am!:)

dionsiseire

Ive thrown an accumulator on

and ive done 3 bets on outright winners

Accumulator for tonight is

Dennis Priestley v Colin Monk
Alan Tabern v Wes Newton
Colin Lloyd v Peter Wright
Ronnie Baxter v Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins v Simon Whitlock
Phil Taylor v Jamie Caven
Wayne Mardle v Gary Anderson
John Part v Scott Burnett

and if it comes off the 5er lands me 120 quid

I also bet on outright winner to be

Ronnie Baxter 33/1
Simon Whitlock 50/1
Peter Wright 150/1

Bearingin in mind Whitlock has been unbeaton on the Australian Circuit this year
Baxter just won the Players Championship in Vegas beating Taylor (something more other Players championship winners cant say)
and Peter Wright Qualified for vegas through the qualifying round there 2 days ago and got to the semi final of the players championship

I think they are fun be solid bets

greened

Hi Lads,

anyone watching tonight on justintv when the part game stalled?

I switched to http://www.fromsport.com/
who are also showing all the games live. The quality is much better although if your using your tv as a monitor you wont get widescreen.
Funny thing is they are getting it from justintv.

Devastator

I was watching on sly sports on my tv in widescreen.....pretty sure thats better quality than any website you found.


Think Anderson played very well, he seemed to get bit pissed off with Mardle. Mardle really seemed to slow down and take his time when retrieving his darts when he was throwing bad.

Typical Mardle though, throws a 180, goes off waving to the crowd....and then looses 3(or 4?) legs in a row!

paulcorr

Devastator wrote: »

I was watching on sly sports on my tv in widescreen.....pretty sure thats better quality than any website you found.


Think Anderson played very well, he seemed to get bit pissed off with Mardle. Mardle really seemed to slow down and take his time when retrieving his darts when he was throwing bad.

Typical Mardle though, throws a 180, goes off waving to the crowd....and then looses 3(or 4?) legs in a row!

I didnt think anderson played well at all. He started off 25 followed by 26 only for his finishing any one other than mardle would of beaten him on the night. But one good thing he can only get better .

Devastator

paulcorr wrote: »

I didnt think anderson played well at all. He started off 25 followed by 26 only for his finishing any one other than mardle would of beaten him on the night. But one good thing he can only get better .

He had a 96 avg going into the last leg....that would beat a lot of players, especially with 6 out of 7 on the doubles

greened

Devastator wrote: »

I was watching on sly sports on my tv in widescreen.....pretty sure thats better quality than any website you found.


Think Anderson played very well, he seemed to get bit pissed off with Mardle. Mardle really seemed to slow down and take his time when retrieving his darts when he was throwing bad.

Typical Mardle though, throws a 180, goes off waving to the crowd....and then looses 3(or 4?) legs in a row!

but dont you need to subscribe to watch sky (i assume you mean sky and not "sly" sports)?
I was posting about free to view sites

ratinakeg

I'm not reading any posts until I watch the repeat at 1am!

greened

ratinakeg wrote: »

I'm not reading any posts until I watch the repeat at 1am!

enjoy. some good games.

paulcorr

Devastator wrote: »

He had a 96 avg going into the last leg....that would beat a lot of players, especially with 6 out of 7 on the doubles

Thats what im saying 6 out of 7 doubles but other than that not at his best he even said so himself afterwards.

Devastator

greened wrote: »

but dont you need to subscribe to watch sky (i assume you mean sky and not "sly" sports)?
I was posting about free to view sites

don't necessarily need to subscribe :eek::P .... I call them sly

paulcorr wrote: »

Thats what im saying 6 out of 7 doubles but other than that not at his best he even said so himself afterwards.

didn't he have a leg with 180,140,140 and finish it off in 12 darts......wish I could play that badly bit inconsistant, but he gave up in 1 or 2 legs. He's only been in PDC matter of months, the more practice and games he gets on the bih stage and he could really make some waves towards end of the year or next year

paulcorr

Devastator wrote: »

don't necessarily need to subscribe :eek::P .... I call them sly



didn't he have a leg with 180,140,140 and finish it off in 12 darts......wish I could play that badly bit inconsistant, but he gave up in 1 or 2 legs. He's only been in PDC matter of months, the more practice and games he gets on the bih stage and he could really make some waves towards end of the year or next year

YEAH I SAID THAT EARLIER THE GOOD THING IS HE CAN ONLY GET BETTER

Devastator

paulcorr wrote: »

YEAH I SAID THAT EARLIER THE GOOD THING IS HE CAN ONLY GET BETTER

ohhhhhhh CAPSLOCK, you getting emotional about this or something?

paulcorr

Devastator wrote: »

ohhhhhhh CAPSLOCK, you getting emotional about this or something?

No i didnt realise i had done it as i wasnt looking at the screen was to lazy to erase and start again. And me get emotional over darts never been know to happen;);););)

ratinakeg

Great order from the crowd but I just find this event a slightly bit boring! Maybe it's just me!

Double Top

ratinakeg wrote: »

Great order from the crowd but I just find this event a slightly bit boring! Maybe it's just me!

same here, just no atmosphere. great darts but there something about it

Devastator

ratinakeg wrote: »

Great order from the crowd but I just find this event a slightly bit boring! Maybe it's just me!

Double Top wrote: »

same here, just no atmosphere. great darts but there something about it

any see the US Open? Anytime a yank hit the ball they went friggin nuts! Then you watch this and they're gettin on like its a game of chess


weird race of people

ratinakeg

Double Top wrote: »

same here, just no atmosphere. great darts but there something about it

I hate when crowds are really noisy but if this was the norm in every TV event people would not bother watching apart from us real darts fans!

ratinakeg

Devastator wrote: »

any see the US Open? Anytime a yank hit the ball they went friggin nuts! Then you watch this and they're gettin on like its a game of chess


weird race of people

How many people are are it the crowd? Probably about 500 and I'd say most of them are quite sober and are proper darts fans.

ratinakeg

Caven played great tonight with an average of 101.50 and still lost to Taylor who only averaged about 99 which is bad on his standards!

honkytonk52

ratinakeg wrote: »

How many people are are it the crowd? Probably about 500 and I'd say most of them are quite sober and are proper darts fans.

if even 500, yeah id say they are sober enough, sher it starts there at 11am local time

clivebaby

Thursday July 2 (11am start, 7pm BST)
Mervyn King v Louis Blundell
Andy Hamilton v Chris White
Mark Walsh v Peter Manley
Colin Osborne v Co Stompe
Raymond van Barneveld v Bill Davis
James Wade v Phillip Hazel
Adrian Lewis v Vincent van der Voort
Kevin Painter v Darin Young

Kingp35

Vegas is a strange tournament. The players don't seem to bring their very best game because the matches are on so early over there and stage games are usually played at night.

The crowd are also VERY queit which does take away from the viewing experience a bit. I'm not a fan of the Premier League crowds because can be too noisy but somewhere in bewteen is best.

I thought Jamie Caven was excellent, he has a big future if he can keep improving. Klaasen played well although Baxter never showed up. Anderson was excellent one leg and poor the other. Taylor and Jenkins were the stand out players, everyone else was average.

Hopefully tonight gives us some better matches because none went the distance last night. Hopefully Stompe and Osbourne, two players who have been playing very well on the tour, can give us a good match later.

Evolution Enter

After Mardle's performances in the last few TV tournaments, another Wild Card for his shirt would be a disgrace

Kingp35

Evolution Enter wrote: »

After Mardle's performances in the last few TV tournaments, another Wild Card for his shirt would be a disgrace

Well Klaasen was pretty useless in every major he was in last year, it was his run to the Quarter Finals of the Worlds that got him his wild card pick. I'm not saying it's right because it definitely isn't but the PDC lads seem to have very short memories.

Healio

Kingp35 wrote: »

it was his run to the Quarter Finals of the Worlds that got him his wild card pick.

Although he was a previous world champion which had to play some part in the decision.

Kingp35

Great performance from Manley there, the man really does love Vegas. It's great to see him playing well and smiling again.

Devastator

honkytonk52 wrote: »

if even 500, yeah id say they are sober enough, sher it starts there at 11am local time

Vegas serves drink 24/7 though doesn't it? Also (sorry to mention it again but in very recent memory) US Open Golf the crowds were pissed by this time and shouting and hollering "GET IN THA HOLE" like fools

Kingp35 wrote: »

Vegas is a strange tournament. The players don't seem to bring their very best game because the matches are on so early over there and stage games are usually played at night.

Heard a player comment last night he thought few players like this tournament lightly and use it as an excuse for holiday :eek: I would hope not....especially if I was a paying punter in the crowd.

Evolution Enter wrote: »

After Mardle's performances in the last few TV tournaments, another Wild Card for his shirt would be a disgrace

After his illness theres no way they can give him another chance, he's been muck last 2 seasons. As Helio said, Klassen ex world champ and IMO gave a better account of himself than Mardle. I think if Thornton continues the form he has shown in last 8 months or improves then he's bang on guaranteed a wild card spot. Also think Mark Walsh (not the best tonight though) if he plays the way he has for last lot of months

Kingp35 wrote: »

It's great to see him playing well and smiling again.

I never used to like Manley until I seen him in the league while back and my opinion changed that night, no matter how much abuse and shouting the crowd were giving him he kept laughing and winding the crowd up more

He's like a panto villian

ratinakeg

Hope things liven up in the second round as this is slightly poor (never thought I'd say that about darts)!

Hazell is making this match enjoyable all the same!

Kingp35

ratinakeg wrote: »

Hope things liven up in the second round as this is slightly poor (never thought I'd say that about darts)!

Hazell is making this match enjoyable all the same!

Yeah I agree, some of the games have been very poor and tough viewing. Wade never showed up there but fair play to Hazel for making a game of it.

Lewis and VdV on now, this should be a good game.

Degag

Devastator wrote: »

any see the US Open? Anytime a yank hit the ball they went friggin nuts! Then you watch this and they're gettin on like its a game of chess


weird race of people

I'd say the amount of Yanks actually in the crowd is fairly minimal tbh.... I really don't get why the PDC go to Las Vegas to get crowds of ~500.

Devastator

Degag wrote: »

I'd say the amount of Yanks actually in the crowd is fairly minimal tbh.... I really don't get why the PDC go to Las Vegas to get crowds of ~500.

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according to Sid Waddel theres about 700....but then again he does exaggerate just slightly at times :eek::p

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

Lewis and VdV on now, this should be a good game.

Yeah this game is more like it, really enjoying this one!:D

ratinakeg

:eek: Ah what a 164 check out to win the match, brilliant stuff!:D

davb

Great stuff from Lewis, entertaining match all n all

slightly spoiled by Sid Waddell's verbal diarrhea:D

ratinakeg

davb wrote: »

Great stuff from Lewis, entertaining match all n all

slightly spoiled by Sid Waddell's verbal diarrhea:D

Thank God I did not hear him!:D

greened

great finish from lewis to win

Kingp35

Cracking finish from Lewis when I thought he had blown it. Great game as well, definitely the most entertaining so far. I thought Darin Young was a little unlucky against Painter. A few bounce outs and the odd stray dart cost but Painter played well.

Cracking second round line-up, not a bad game in it.

greened

Kingp35 wrote: »

Cracking finish from Lewis when I thought he had blown it. Great game as well, definitely the most entertaining so far. I thought Darin Young was a little unlucky against Painter. A few bounce outs and the odd stray dart cost but Painter played well.

Cracking second round line-up, not a bad game in it.

Thats for sure. **** have to go to sister in laws 40th tomorrow. Would rather miss it and watch that line up.

ratinakeg

Sky Sports 2 6:30pm-00:30am

All 8 Round 2 Games

(Best of 15 Legs)

Andy Hamilton vs. James Wade
Phil Taylor vs. Dennis Priestley
Peter Manley vs. Adrian Lewis
John Part vs. Jelle Klaasen
Wes Newton vs. Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Co Stompe
Terry Jenkins vs. Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King vs. Kevin Painter.

Kingp35

The second round line-up really is one of the best line-ups I have seen with some really tough matches to call. I'm gonna try predict them for the laugh though. The players in Bold are the ones I think will win:

Andy Hamilton vs. James Wade
Phil Taylor vs. Dennis Priestley
Peter Manley vs. Adrian Lewis
John Part vs. Jelle Klaasen
Wes Newton vs. Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Co Stompe
Terry Jenkins vs. Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King vs. Kevin Painter

ratinakeg

My predictions

Andy Hamilton vs. James Wade
Phil Taylor vs. Dennis Priestley:(
Peter Manley vs. Adrian Lewis
John Part vs. Jelle Klaasen
Wes Newton vs. Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld vs. Co Stompe
Terry Jenkins vs. Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King vs. Kevin Painter:eek:

ratinakeg

Wade played well in beating Hamilton.

I'm not a Phil Taylor fan but hearing his interview I've got a bit more respect for him now!

scunner

Great darts by lewis. Think Anderson has taken his foot of the gas at moment!