UK Open

KevIRL

Preliminary round on and on SS1

Couple of upsets already, Steve Beaton out

KevIRL

Danny Dutson is 4/1 on PP playing against Ted Hankey at about half 8. Know nothing about Dutson, but considering Hankey's poor form and the short first to 4 legs format of the prelim round, surely the 4/1 is worth a small bet?

Atlantic Dawn

Barnard's throw, oh my god it's slow.

JacksonHeightsOwn

Mr Hankey the christmas poo looked pretty impressive there

his doubles where excellent

Gotya

Loving the darts...

Is anyone else watching on sky-go and having problems, or is it just me?.. Really annoying..

Gotya

Hankey vs king should be good...

Gonna get on ted, M. Webster and J. Richardsom

KevIRL

Nice comeback there by Webster

Will I Amnt

Bunting cracks me up,he looks like he's about to burst.

leggo

cambo2008 wrote: »

Bunting cracks me up,he looks like he's about to burst.

Haha thought the same. He looks like half man, half balloon. Would love it if he knocked Wade off his moody perch though. I usually like Wade but he's annoying me tonight.

Will I Amnt

Throwing great darts,he will be hard done by to lose it.

Will I Amnt

4 180's :eek:

Will I Amnt

Ah bollox.
Double 19 is a nasty one to leave with that pressure on.
Fair play Wade anyway,did well to get out of that.

KevIRL

What a match, Wade v Bunting. How did Wade survive that?

Gotya

KevIRL wrote: »

What a match, Wade v Bunting. How did Wade survive that?

Double 10

Kingp35

So unlucky Bunting, it's gonna be on his mind now whether he should have split it but I think he was right to go for it. Disappointed he didn't win.

Willie O' Connor won his second round game 4-1. Well done Willie.

leggo

Bunting was unreal, he should be proud. That right there is why the UK Open is a brilliant, brilliant tournament. In fairness to Wade, he just apologised for celebrating at the end which is fairly classy. Hankey/King still to come! Who's gonna get the most stick from the crowd?

Kingp35

Yeah I love this tournament, it's brilliant. The short format, the open draw, the big names against the qualifiers, the outside boards, it's all great. It feels like a proper darts tournament.

The Showstopper

How did Wade get away with that? He seemed to be in shock. Bunting was unlucky to land on double 19.

leggo

Aye, I was saying on the podcast that I do the other day that the early rounds are like watching the red button without pushing the red button. Sky do a great job making a big deal out of the local qualifiers and building them up into stars, has to be said. The texts on screen cheering on the qualifiers, interviews in the crowd etc all add to it. It straddles the line between pub tourney and big time TV event perfectly.

KevIRL

9 darter already for Anderson

Will I Amnt

Some quality checkouts from Anderson tonight.Brilliant 9 darter.

Will I Amnt

Huybrechts not even on the main board and they still manage to get a close up of his bird

califano

Brendan Dolan playing more like Pat Dolan.

Dillonb3

Dolan through unreal comeback from 7-2 down

califano

yeag great comeback, rarely seen someone more relieved.

statto25

Great win for Jaws. Wade has really gone off the boil. I can't see him winning any major this year.. His form in the floor tourneys is shocking too.

Will I Amnt

First match up looking good already.

KevIRL

Great 170 check out from the hammer

KevIRL

Thornton puts out Anderson 9-7

Will I Amnt

Anderson blows it again
Was hoping he was getting back to his best.
Dolan in with a great shout at beating Ovens.

Will I Amnt

Dolan blows it big time.Horror show on the doubles in the last leg from both players.Was 5-1 up early on :eek:

KevIRL

Cracking game there, Newton takes out Lewis

califano

Nicholson is still a tilt monkey. He's good tv though.

KevIRL

Whitlock joins the list of casualties, well beaten by Chisnall

Will I Amnt

Wright busts 138 to let Barney in,crazy stuff.

KevIRL

cambo2008 wrote: »

Wright busts 138 to let Barney in,crazy stuff.

Mental night alrgiht, 3 games going a deciding leg. Whitlock misses a 9 darter on the last dart, Taylor and Baxter both throwing 6 perfect darts in the same leg against each other, Nicholson missing 9 match darts v Ovens and of course Wright busting 138

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

Mental night alrgiht, 3 games going a deciding leg. Whitlock misses a 9 darter on the last dart, Taylor and Baxter both throwing 6 perfect darts in the same leg against each other, Nicholson missing 9 match darts v Ovens and of course Wright busting 138

And sure the last game of the night goes to the deciding leg as well, why not sure. Incredible stuff

Will I Amnt

Cracking last game,fitting way to end the day.Didn't mind who won that in the end.

Will I Amnt

Taylor v Barney final on the cards??

KevIRL

QF Draw

Newton v Thornton
Chisnall v Barney
Taylor v Jenkins
Ovens v Caven

SF Draw
Taylor/Jenkins v Ovens/Caven
Newton/Thornton v Barney/Chisnall

Taylor v Barney final?

Will I Amnt

KevIRL wrote: »

Taylor v Barney final?

Snap!!

leggo

The UK Open always throws up odd looking finals and surprises, especially on the final day as players start to crack under the pressure of so many televised matches, getting progressively longer and at a higher standard.

So I'd be almost certain we won't see a Taylor/Barney final. I wouldn't be surprised to see Taylor/Chisnall, Barney/Ovens or the like. I've actually sold myself on Taylor/Chizzy there: a rematch of their game at the Worlds, it'd be good and Chisnall is getting better and better in the PDC. I wouldn't be surprised to see him in the PL either this or next year.

KevIRL

Thornton through to semi final, beating Newton

Will I Amnt

Very impressive game from Chisnall.Barney back to his self-pitying mopey self,sick of looking at that from him.

Will I Amnt

Taylor having a nightmare on the doubles :eek:

Will I Amnt

Nice finish
Well done Thornton,happy to see him win it.

KevIRL

cambo2008 wrote: »

Nice finish
Well done Thornton,happy to see him win it.

Indeed, theres hope for Ireland against Spain after all!

Will I Amnt

KevIRL wrote: »

Indeed, theres hope for Ireland against Spain after all!

Ah now,I wouldn't go that far

fandabydozy

Well played Robert Thornton the 121 finish to win it was special