2017/18 PDC World Championship

PTH2009

almost that glourious time of the year where the best of the PDC battle it out to become World champion. This is the last time we will see Phil the power Taylor play at this stage

2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship
Thursday December 14 (7pm)
4x First Round

Friday December 15 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Saturday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Sunday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Evening Session (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Monday December 18 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Tuesday December 19 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Wednesday December 20 (7pm)
1x Preliminary Round, 3x First Round

Thursday December 21 (7pm)
4x First Round

Friday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Second Round

Saturday December 23
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Second Round

Wednesday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Second Round

Evening Session (7pm)
1x Second Round, 2x Third Round

Thursday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Third Round

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Third Round

Friday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
2x Quarter-Finals

Evening Session (7pm)
2x Second Quarter-Finals

Saturday December 30 (7pm)
Semi-Finals

Monday January 1 (7pm)
Final

draw to be made at the end of November

Ultimate Seduction

Jesus. Have you the Christmas decorations up already too 😊😊

ThebitterLemon

Hopefully MGV doesn't steamroll everyone and we get an exciting tournament, looking forward to it

TbL

paulie21

Draw live tomorrow evening at 6.30 on sky sports news

PTH2009

paulie21 wrote: »

Draw live tomorrow evening at 6.30 on sky sports news

some laugh if Taylor got a hard first round draw and lost

The PDC want him to go the whole way on his last hurrah. When will the tears start ??

peteeeed

the qualifiers on this morning
some of the names out already
Andy Hamilton
wes newton
Richie Burnett
Andy Jenkins
John Part
Stuart Kellett
Max Hopp
Jamie Caven
out after round 1

Andrew Gilding
out after round 2

ArmaniJeanss

Top 32 seeds.

1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Peter Wright
3 Gary Anderson
4 Daryl Gurney
5 Mensur Suljovic
6 Phil Taylor
7 Adrian Lewis
8 Dave Chisnall
9 Raymond van Barneveld
10 Simon Whitlock
11 James Wade
12 Jelle Klaasen
13 Michael Smith
14 Benito van de Pas
15 Alan Norris
16 Gerwyn Price
17 Ian White
18 Kim Huybrechts
19 Joe Cullen
20 Rob Cross
21 Stephen Bunting
22 Mervyn King
23 Darren Webster
24 Kyle Anderson
25 Steve Beaton
26 Cristo Reyes
27 Justin Pipe
28 Robert Thornton
29 John Henderson
30 Mark Webster
31 Jonny Clayton
32 James Wilson

Obviously some won't make it through to this or further rounds, but in theory these are the paths for some of the contenders.
MVG - Wilson, Price, Chisnall, Gurney (or Cross), Wright.
Wright - Clayton, Norris, Lewis, Anderson, MVG.
Taylor - Pipe, Wade, Anderson, Wright, MVG.
Cross - Smith, Gurney, Suljovic, MVG, Wright.

KevIRL

peteeeed wrote: »

the qualifiers on this morning
some of the names out already
Andy Hamilton
wes newton
Richie Burnett
Andy Jenkins
John Part
Stuart Kellett
Max Hopp
Jamie Caven
out after round 1

Andrew Gilding
out after round 2

Mick McGowan and Brendan Dolan still left at the last 32 stage. 3 spots up for grabs.

KevIRL

KevIRL wrote: »

Mick McGowan and Brendan Dolan still left at the last 32 stage. 3 spots up for grabs.

Both into last 16.

marklazarcovic

Let's hope 'powa' gets turned off early

KevIRL

Last 8 of the qualifer. 3 places available


Brendan Dolan v Ricky Evans
Jamie Lewis v David Pallett
Chris Quantock v Ron Meulenkamp
Jeffrey De Graaf v Ted Evetts

KevIRL

Dolan into last 4

Healio

sky streming on their facebook if anyone interested:

https://www.facebook.com/SkySports/videos/10155945582038762/

Liamalone

Dolan sneaks info the final 5-4

KevIRL

Draw not happening till 7.30 now

PTH2009

KevIRL wrote: »

Draw not happening till 7.30 now

was wondering watching since 6pm and no sign of it

PTH2009

start the bloody draw, sick of hearing the same bloody news over and over

PTH2009

so Taylor is facing the young buck Dobey

seems like a set up, retiree vs the future ???

PTH2009

Mervyn King v Zoran Lerchbacher

Dave Chisnall v Vincent van de Voort

Joe Cullen v Jermaine Wattimena

Michael van Gerwen v Christian Kist

James Wade v Keegan Brown

Steve Beaton v William O'Connor

Alan Norris v Kim Vilanen

Rob Cross v Siego Asada/Gordon Mathers

Kyle Anderson v Peter Jaques

Adrian Lewis v Aleksandr Oreshkin/Kevin Munch

Michael Smith v Steve Lennon

Daryl Gurney v Ronny Huybrechts

Peter Wright v Diogo Portela

Robert Thornton v Brendan Dolan/ Alan Ljubic

Jelle Klaasen v Jan Dekker

Simon Whitlock v Martin Schindler

Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts

Jonny Clayton v Kenny Neyens/Jamie Lewis

James Wilson v Krzystof Ratajski

Justin Pipe v Xiao Chen Zong/Bernie Smith

Cristo Reyes v Antonio Alcinas

Darren Webster v Devon Petersen

Mark Webster v Kai Fan Leung/Paul Lim

Ian White v Willard Bruguier/Cody Harris

Kim Huybrechts v James Richardson

John Henderson v Marko Kantele

Phil Taylor v Chris Dobey

Mensur Suljovic v Kevin Painter

Stephen Bunting v Dimitri van den Bergh

Benito van de Pas v Steve West

Gary Anderson v Jeff Smith/Luke Humphries

Raymond van Barneveld v Richard North

Healio

First Impressions would see the last eight as follows (following the seeds):

MVG - 4/5 available could actually represent value.
RVB - 50/1 could be a nice outside run, cant see him go all the way
Suljovic - well too short @ 40's, would probably better to roll your stake backing match by match than outright.
M. Smith - 150/1 with Paddypower/Skybet, majority of this price would be made up of a semi with MVG then a Final with Anderson/Wright/Taylor, enough value in it for me.
Wright - 12/1 skybet/PP, in the same half as Anderson/Taylor/Lewis, Anderson is 7/1, I dont see enough of a reason Anderson should be 5 ticks shorter.
Lewis - although the 33/1 around looks decent; I cant trust him when the real pressure is on.
Taylor - is well underpriced at the best price 14/1 imo, might be one to lay at in each match, only be odds against if playing MVG in the final.
G. Anderson - looks under-priced here best price 7/1 in skybet; Peter wright should be shorter or Gary should be a bit bigger.

ArmaniJeanss

Healio wrote: »

M. Smith - 150/1 with Paddypower/Skybet, majority of this price would be made up of a semi with MVG then a Final with Anderson/Wright/Taylor, enough value in it for me.

L32 against Rob Cross and L16 against Daryl Gurney makes Smiths path one of the hardest.

PTH2009

can see Taylor losing too Dobey

Dobey is the future and Taylor won't mind losing to him (on camera, prob fuming when off it)

Ultimate Seduction

Suljovic Barney and gurney the 3 value each way bets at 50/1.

Ultimate Seduction

When is the tv schedule out

Kingp35

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

When is the tv schedule out

Schedule is on the PDC website now.

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/11/29/william-hill-world-darts-championship-schedule

PTH2009

2017/2018 William Hill World Darts Championship
Schedule of Play
Preliminary & First Rounds
(P) denotes Preliminary Round
Thursday December 14 (7pm)
Steve Beaton v William O'Connor
James Wilson v Krzysztof Ratajski
Michael van Gerwen v Christian Kist
Gerwyn Price v Ted Evetts

Friday December 15 (7pm)
Seigo Asada v Gordon Mathers (P)
Stephen Bunting v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Phil Taylor v Chris Dobey
Rob Cross v Seigo Asada/Gordon Mathers

Saturday December 16
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Alan Ljubic v Brendan Dolan (P)
Benito van de Pas v Steve West
Mervyn King v Zoran Lerchbacher
Robert Thornton v Alan Ljubic/Brendan Dolan

Evening Session (7pm)
Jeff Smith v Luke Humphries (P)
Joe Cullen v Jermaine Wattimena
Jelle Klaasen v Jan Dekker
Gary Anderson v Jeff Smith/Luke Humphries

Sunday December 17
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Kenny Neyens v Jamie Lewis (P)
Alan Norris v Kim Viljanen
Kyle Anderson v Peter Jacques
Jonny Clayton v Kenny Neyens/Jamie Lewis

Evening Session (7pm)
Willard Bruguier v Cody Harris (P)
James Wade v Keegan Brown
Dave Chisnall v Vincent van der Voort
Ian White v Willard Bruguier/Cody Harris

Monday December 18 (7pm)
Kai Fan Leung v Paul Lim (P)
Mensur Suljovic v Kevin Painter
Daryl Gurney v Ronny Huybrechts
Mark Webster v Kai Fan Leung/Paul Lim

Tuesday December 19 (7pm)
Aleksandr Oreshkin v Kevin Munch (P)
John Henderson v Marko Kantele
Raymond van Barneveld v Richard North
Adrian Lewis v Aleksandr Oreshkin/Kevin Munch

Wednesday December 20 (7pm)
Xiao Chen Zong v Bernie Smith (P)
Michael Smith v Steve Lennon
Simon Whitlock v Martin Schindler
Justin Pipe v Xiao Chen Zong/Bernie Smith

Thursday December 21 (7pm)
Cristo Reyes v Toni Alcinas
Kim Huybrechts v James Richardson
Darren Webster v Devon Petersen
Peter Wright v Diogo Portela

Second Round
Friday December 22
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Price/Evetts v White/Bruguier/Harris
Chisnall/Van der Voort v Beaton/O'Connor
Klaasen/Dekker v Bunting/Van den Bergh

Evening Session (7pm)
Suljovic/Painter v Thornton/Ljubic/Dolan
G Anderson/J Smith/Humphries v M Webster/Leung/Lim
Van Gerwen/Kist v Wilson/Ratajski

Saturday December 23
Afternoon Session (1pm)
Wade/Brown v King/Lerchbacher
M Smith/Lennon v Cross/Asada/Mathers
Van de Pas/West v Cullen/Wattimena

Evening Session (7pm)
Gurney/R Huybrechts v Henderson/Kantele
Taylor/Dobey v Pipe/Zong/Smith
Van Barneveld/North v K Anderson/Jacques

Wednesday December 27
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
Whitlock/Schindler v D Webster/Petersen
Norris/Viljanen v K Huybrechts/Richardson
A Lewis/Oreshkin/Munch v Reyes/Alcinas

Evening Session (7pm)
Wright/Portela v Clayton/Neyens/J Lewis
Third Round
2x Games TBC

Thursday December 28
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
3x Games TBC

Evening Session (7pm)
3x Games TBC

Quarter-Finals
Friday December 29
Afternoon Session (12.30pm)
2x Games

Evening Session (7pm)
2x Games

Semi-Finals
Saturday December 30 (7.30pm)

Final
Monday January 1 (8pm)

Format
Preliminary Round - Best of three sets
First Round - Best of five sets
Second Round - Best of seven sets
Third Round - Best of seven sets
Quarter-Finals - Best of nine sets
Semi-Finals - Best of 11 sets
Final - Best of 13 sets
All sets are the best of five legs.
A tie-break would be in operation in all matches other than the Preliminary Round. Any match which goes to a deciding set must be won by two clear legs. If the score in the final set reaches 5-5, a sudden-death leg will be played.

The schedule of play for the third round onwards will be announced at www.pdc.tv.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Hopefully Sky offer a crowd mute feature on the red button for this years tournament.

danganabu

Quick glance at the draw and the three that jumped out to me were Whitlock @ 100/1, RVB @ 50/1 and Gurney @40/1.

Whitlock @ 10/1 to win his quarter is a great bet, its definitely the weakest of the four.

PTH2009

QF1
MVG/Kist/Wilson/Ratajeski/Price/Evetts/White/Harris vs Chizzy/VDV/Beaton/O Connor/RVB/North/K Anderson/Jaceques

QF2
Suljovic/Painter/Thornton/Dolan/Lujubic/ Klassen/Dekker/Bunting/VDB vs Gurney/R Hybrechts/Henderson/Kantele/M Smith/Lennon/Cross/Asada/Mathers

QF3
Wright/Portela/Clayton/Neyens/J Lewis/Norris/viljanine/K Hybrechts/Richardson vs A Lewis/oreskin/Munch/Reyes/Alcinas/Whitlock/
Schindler/D Webster/Petersen

QF4
Taylor/Dobey/Pipe/Zong/B Smith/Wade/Brown/King/Lerchbacher vs G Anderson/J Smith/Humphries/M Webster/Ling/Leung/VDP/West/Cullen/ Wattimena

semis
QF1 vs QF2
QF3 vs QF4

Degag

Peter Wright a doubt for the worlds apparently. Was in hospital. On SSN.

danganabu

Degag wrote: »

Peter Wright a doubt for the worlds apparently. Was in hospital. On SSN.

Whick makes Whitlock even more value!!

PTH2009

Degag wrote: »

Peter Wright a doubt for the worlds apparently. Was in hospital. On SSN.

hopefully he makes it but if not what would happen ?? would the highest ranked prem guy go straight through ??

poor Wes Newton is rightly gone down the rankings. remember seeing him in the premier league in 2014 in Dublin. he must be gone back to his day job ???

ArmaniJeanss

PTH2009 wrote: »

hopefully he makes it but if not what would happen ?? would the highest ranked prem guy go straight through ??

poor Wes Newton is rightly gone down the rankings. remember seeing him in the premier league in 2014 in Dublin. he must be gone back to his day job ???

In other ranking events the replacement has been the highest ranked not-already-qualified player, not sure who that would be.

Looking at the schedule (post 26) Wright is the last player to play his first round game, and his second game isn't until after Christmas. So he's pretty much got the maximum amount of time to sort it.

Kingp35

If Wright can't play then Terry Jenkins will get his spot. Will be one last tournament for Jenkins before he retires.

Ultimate Seduction

What's wrong with Peter?

Degag

Kingp35 wrote: »

If Wright can't play then Terry Jenkins will get his spot. Will be one last tournament for Jenkins before he retires.

At least the spot would go to someone deserving of it. Wright had gallstones apparently. Have to plead total ignorance to how sick you can be from them but you'd hope the nearly 3 weeks will be enough time to recover.

Bob Harris

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

What's wrong with Peter?

Gallstones.

peteeeed

Gallstones is fairly terrible as you have to pass them out through your ....

Tom Mann Centuria

peteeeed wrote: »

Gallstones is fairly terrible as you have to pass them out through your ....

Nope, that's not Gallstones. That's renal stones.

peteeeed

Oh haha , I was talking about your lad

PTH2009

2 more days :D:D:D

Kist too beat MVG ????

Ultimate Seduction

I've a feeling the whole thing is going to be about Taylor. Montages at every break even if he's not playing. Had to unfolllow the pdc and skysportsdarts on Twitter, driving me mad all week

peteeeed

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

I've a feeling the whole thing is going to be about Taylor. Montages at every break even if he's not playing. Had to unfolllow the pdc and skysportsdarts on Twitter, driving me mad all week

Funny you should say that , he’s on SSN

Ultimate Seduction

peteeeed wrote: »

Funny you should say that , he’s on SSN

It may become unwatchable if he gets to the semis or final.

FineAle

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

I've a feeling the whole thing is going to be about Taylor. Montages at every break even if he's not playing. Had to unfolllow the pdc and skysportsdarts on Twitter, driving me mad all week

Ditto this. Painful stuff altogether.

Bob Harris

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

I've a feeling the whole thing is going to be about Taylor. Montages at every break even if he's not playing. Had to unfolllow the pdc and skysportsdarts on Twitter, driving me mad all week

The best thing to happen is for Taylor to get knocked early and not just because he's an arsehole. It'll take away from the rest of the tournament the longer he's in it as even when he's not playing they'll be raving about him not to mention the tributes at every opportunity.

Ultimate Seduction

Little segment about it on 2fm with a quick interview with Willie O Connor if anyone wants a listen.. nothing of substance really though

Check out @RTEsport’;s Tweet: https://twitter.com/RTEsport/status/940719001226883072?s=09

You don't need a Twitter account to listen.

Kingp35

Good to see them covering darts. There is still a lot of sports programmes that don't cover darts at all.

PTH2009

Sky Sports Action becomes Sky Sports Darts 2morrow

there's a new Phil Taylor doc (which will be repeated 100s of times i imagine)on before the 18.30pm Preview show and it all kicks off at 19.00pm

Ultimate Seduction

Van Gerwen to win it out, and hit most 180s and highest checkout in all his games is 66/1. Couldn't resist it put 10e on it

Joeseph Balls

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Van Gerwen to win it out, and hit most 180s and highest checkout in all his games is 66/1. Couldn't resist it put 10e on it

Paddy?