The UK Open 2010 Thread

Kingp35

So it all starts tomorrow night lads, looking forward to this tournament as you never know what could happen as there is always loads of shocks.

Order of play can be found here:
http://www.pdc.tv/page/UKOpenDetail/0,,10180~2062577,00.html

Hopefully Willie O' Connor can do well and get through a few rounds. Would be great to see him impress on the TV.

I'm gonna have a small punt on Colin Lloyd. He is right back in form and playing great stuff on the floor. He is due a good run in a tournament as well.

Saying that anyone except Taylor or Wade will do me

ratinakeg

Looking forward to the FA Cup of darts!

Paul Nicholson @ 66/1 for me, might have a bet on Lloyd aswell!

dartbhoy

I reckon John Part could do well in this tournament. Colin Lloyd could be a dark horse here,he's been playing well recently. The UK Open is a great tournament and any player could reach the final with a kind draw. Barrie Bates,Van Der Voort and Gary Mawson are just 3 players who have reached the final before. Best of luck to William O'Connor,Mick McGowan and Brendan Dolan.

paulcorr

Not much talk these days of gary anderson.my summing up months ago has turned out to be true biggest bottler in the game Will never win major title till he gets some bottle. (so im going to back him now because this will no doubt come back to haunt me).

ratinakeg

paulcorr wrote: »

Not much talk these days of gary anderson.my summing up months ago has turned out to be true biggest bottler in the game Will never win major title till he gets some bottle. (so im going to back him now because this will no doubt come back to haunt me).

20/1 for him to win, not the best odds but he's due a good performance some day!

ratinakeg

2010 UK Open - Schedule of Play
Thursday June 3
Main Stage
Preliminary Round
Ashley Whisker v Gary Mawson
First Round
Louis Blundell v Richie Burnett
Darren Latham v Joe Cullen
Steve Hine v Ian Gleeson
Stuart Monaghan v William O'Connor
Second Round
Kirk Shepherd v Adrian Gray
Wayne Mardle v Mick McGowan
Nick Fullwell v Arron Monk
Hudson/Neate/Dave Smith v Paul Nicholson

Board Two
Preliminary Round
Andy Hutchings v Darren Webster
First Round
John Quantock v Matt Padgett
Chris Loudon v Paul Whitworth
Hudson/Neate v Dave Smith
Riihonen/Farmer v Dean Edlin
Second Round
Alex Roy v Mark Lawrence
Kevin McDine v Harrison/Green
Grant/R Evans v Steve Beaton
Monaghan/O'Connor v Mark Frost

Board Three
Preliminary Round
Kevin Dowling v Jyhan Artut
Dean Stewart v Dylan Duo
First Round
Darren Sullivan v Tony Hutchinson
Sam Allen v Melvyn Johnston
Bradley Williams v Joe Palmer
Ryan Murray v Lowe/J Clark
Second Round
Justin Pipe v Chris Thompson
Newland/Robertson v Dennis Smith
Eastwood/Martin v Whisker/Mawson/Stewart/Duo
Harris/Hutchings/D Webster v Andy Smith

Board Four
Preliminary Round
Prakash Jiwa v John Lakeman
First Round
Robbie Newland v John Robertson
Mark Wilson v Paul Gibbs
Dean Harris v Hutchings/D Webster
Dowling/Artut v A Murray/Rand
Second Round
Colin Monk v Darren Johnson
Mark Cox v Hammond/O'Neill
Blundell/Burnett v Pinhorne/Robinson/Ringland
R Murray/Lowe/J Clark v Quantock/Padgett

ratinakeg

Board Five
Preliminary Round
Andy Murray v Scott Rand
Par Riihonen v Steve Farmer
First Round
Gary Eastwood v David Martin
Michael Hammond v Henry O'Neill
Dave Honey v Mike Nott
Jay Foreman v Barrie Knight
Second Round
Wayne Atwood v Steve Brown
S Jones/Bowles v Michael Barnard
Draper/M Harris v Bache/Turner
Murphy/Warwick v Riihonen/Farmer/Edlin

Board Six
Preliminary Round
Kevin Lowe v Jason Clark
First Round
Alex Harrison v Jamie Green
Noel Grant v Ricky Evans
Henry Murphy v Paul Warwick
Simon Cunningham v Jiwa/Lakeman
Second Round
Robert Thornton v Wilson/Gibbs
Michael Smith v Peter Manley
Hine/Gleeson v Allen/Johnston
Broughton/Stephenson v Dowling/Artut/A Murray/Rand

Board Seven
Preliminary Round
Reece Robinson v Hugh Ringland
First Round
Matt Draper v Mark Harris
Paul Rowley v Anton Liscsey
Nicky Bache v Martyn Turner
Whisker/Mawson v Stewart/Duo
Second Round
Fisher/Webb v Chris Mason
Sullivan/Hutchinson v Steve Evans
Honey/Nott v Latham/Cullen
Williams/Palmer v Roland Scholten

Board Eight
Preliminary Round
Peter Hudson v Paul Neate
First Round
Tony Broughton v Mark Stephenson
Pete Fisher v Barrie Webb
Simon Jones v John Bowles
Danny Pinhorne v Robinson/Ringland
Second Round
Tony Ayres v Loudon/Whitworth
Rowley/Liscsey v Barrie Bates
Stephen Hardy v Foreman/Wright
Stuart Dutton v Cunningham/Jiwa/Lakeman

Dicie

paulcorr wrote: »

Not much talk these days of gary anderson.my summing up months ago has turned out to be true biggest bottler in the game Will never win major title till he gets some bottle. (so im going to back him now because this will no doubt come back to haunt me).

Its ok, hes already won 2 m8....

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wayne76

my tip to do well this week apart from the obvious one's is mark walsh he
does well in every floor comp and this really isn't much different apart from being televised;)

paulcorr

Dicie wrote: »

Its ok, hes already won 2 m8....

2 ???? world darts trophy and international darts leagueare these classed as MAJORS.

Dicie

paulcorr wrote: »

2 ???? world darts trophy and international darts leagueare these classed as MAJORS.

Yup... And considering he beat Taylor in possibly the best game seen on tv (for me anyway) i think he has shown he has bottle...I will agree that he lacks self confodence...even when speaking to him u can see this....

But like u, iv backed him, really think if there is 1 comp on the calander he can win it is this 1

padr81

this first game is a bit of a slog, feel sorry for the young lad, he's probably an excellent player but making his t.v. debut way too soon.

Degag

padr81 wrote: »

this first game is a bit of a slog, feel sorry for the young lad, he's probably an excellent player but making his t.v. debut way too soon.

Yeah, i thought it was Dennis Smith in disguise with the ammount of sweat that was on him!

Devastator

few small EW tournament bets on the following :-

Baxter (50/1)
Webster(50/1)
A Hamilton (50/1)
Stompe (66/1)
Nicholson (50/1)
V Gerwen (125/1 )


Treble for tonight :-
Mawson (1/3), O Connor (4/9) & McGowan (6/5)

ratinakeg

C'mon Ritchie Burnett, legend!:)

villabren

Did Burnett win? Stuck in work so can't see it.:mad:

ratinakeg

villabren wrote: »

Did Burnett win? Stuck in work so can't see it.:mad:

He's 4-4 against Blundell, he was 4-1 up, not looking good!

Kingp35

What happened to Burnett? Think the old lack of confidence got him again. Great finish by Blundell to win it though.

There is an awful lot of young lads coming through, 4 very young lads through so far. Great to see them doing well.

Hurry up and get Willie on!

ratinakeg

Chris Mason has pulled out, dave Webb is through to rd 3!

Kingp35

Why did Mason pull out?

Willie is on fire! Great start

Fintomiginto

Unbelievable start, where is this Willie chap from?

Kingp35

Pure and utter class from Willie so far. What a way to make your TV debut. Seems as if he is making a name for himself on the circuit as the Sky commentators are raving about him.

krustydoyle

Willie looks at home on the big stage... Fair play to him..

Fintomiginto

Is he as good as they are making out?

Amazing amazing debut, ****ing brilliant.

Cant believe he is Irish!!!!

Mr. Guappa

krustydoyle wrote: »

Willie looks at home on the big stage... Fair play to him..

Jesus he looked fair impressive!! Never put under a bit of pressure, but just thrown great darts!

ratinakeg

Kingp35 wrote: »

Why did Mason pull out?

Willie is on fire! Great start

Not sure, they just said it!

Brilliant performance from William o'Conner!:):):)

Dartgod

Well done Willie - - - you are the man !

krustydoyle

Lads did he win the irish matchplay last year???

Kingp35

Great to see an Irish dart player really doing well on the TV.

He can be proud of that start, hopefully he can beat Mark Frost now and get in the draw to face the big boys.

User Friendly

wow:eek: @o'connors play! 6-0 look forward to seeing him again.

Burnett lost 6-5

padr81

o'connor up now on board2, have to listen for updates lol

krustydoyle

Hes 1-0 up

Kingp35

McGowan throwing it away against Mardle by missing doubles. He is great until he gets to 200 down where he goes to pieces. 4-1 down so not looking good.

krustydoyle

Kingp35 wrote: »

McGowan throwing it away against Mardle by missing doubles. He is great until he gets to 200 down where he goes to pieces. 4-1 down so not looking good.

Mardle has the oddest throw imo... and he pulls the dart so often

Dartgod

krustydoyle wrote: »

Lads did he win the irish matchplay last year???

No, he was beaten in the final by Aodhagan O'Neill.

padr81

2-1 up now.

MickMcGowan is wasting too many change, his set up shots from 250-150 are terrible throwing tons of 45's where as his first 9 darts are far better than Mardles.

krustydoyle

Dartgod wrote: »

No, he was beaten in the final by Aodhagan O'Neill.

I knew i wasnt far off.. thanks dartgod

padr81

3-3

Degag

Yay, another hillarious episode of the Monk-ee's......



Hold on, i thought we were watching darts?

padr81

wouldn't mind but its 5 minutes they could spend showing a different board.

krustydoyle

YES.... he won 6-3

padr81

o'connor won 6-3, well done and fair play in with the big boys

ratinakeg

William o'Conner wins 6-3! Get in!:D:D:D

ratinakeg

F#ck up Mardle!!!!

Dartgod

Well done again, Willie, bring on Taylor !!!

Unlucky Mick McGowan - - - don't think Mardle will go much further on that performance 1

padr81

nice of mardle to give props to o'connor. should be a great boost for him.

Dartgod

Good draw for Willie - Peter Wright.

Double Top

Dolan got Hamilton thats a toughy

callaway92

where is Van Barneveld

dartbhoy

Barneveld didn't qualify,he only played in 1 of the qualifying tournaments and a player must play in at least 3 out of the 8 in order to qualify. Good draw for Willie O'Connor. John Part v Mark Walsh and Gary Anderson v Michael Van Gerwen should be 2 very interesting games.