Players Championship Finals (ITV)

KevIRL

Last event before the worlds, starts this Friday. Seedings based on finishing positions in the Pro Tour order of merit

2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Schedule of Play
Friday November 23
First Round
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Main Stage
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Jelle Klaasen
Max Hopp v Steve West
Keegan Brown v Mensur Suljovic
Adrian Lewis v Adam Hunt
Simon Whitlock v Kyle Anderson
Daryl Gurney v Robert Thornton
James Wade v Ross Smith

Stage Two
Brendan Dolan v Michael Barnard
Josh Payne v Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall v Martin Schindler
Gabriel Clemens v Andrew Gilding
Ryan Joyce v Steve Lennon
Mervyn King v Simon Stevenson
Stephen Bunting v Richard North
Mickey Mansell v Madars Razma
Dave Chisnall v Jamie Lewis

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Main Stage
Ian White v Scott Taylor
Gary Anderson v Alan Tabern
Rob Cross v Cristo Reyes
Krzysztof Ratajski v Gerwyn Price
Peter Wright v Toni Alcinas
Michael van Gerwen v Matthew Edgar
Michael Smith v Vincent van der Voort

Stage Two
Jermaine Wattimena v Stephen Burton
John Henderson v Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton v Mark Webster
Ricky Evans v Jan Dekker
James Wilson v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Danny Noppert v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Chris Dobey v Ron Meulenkamp
Darren Webster v Jeffrey de Graaf
Steve Beaton v Kim Huybrechts

Saturday November 24
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Second Round
Main Stage
Gurney/Thornton v Payne/Searle
Wade/R Smith v Aspinall/Schindler
Chisnall/J Lewis v Dobey/Meulenkamp
Cross/Reyes v Joyce/Lennon
G Anderson/Tabern v Whitlock/K Anderson
Van Gerwen/Edgar v Brown/Suljovic
Wright/Alcinas v Hopp/West

Stage Two
Bunting/North v Mansell/Razma
Wilson/Van den Bergh v Clemens/Gilding
De Zwaan/Klaasen v Evans/Dekker
Wattimena/Burton v D Webster/De Graaf
White/Taylor v Dolan/Barnard
Noppert/Rodriguez v King/Stevenson
M Smith/Van der Voort v Clayton/M Webster
Beaton/Huybrechts v Henderson/Cullen
A Lewis/Hunt v Ratajski/G Price

ThebitterLemon

KevIRL wrote: »

Last event before the worlds, starts this Friday. Seedings based on finishing positions in the Pro Tour order of merit

2018 Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals
Schedule of Play
Friday November 23
First Round
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Main Stage
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Jelle Klaasen
Max Hopp v Steve West
Keegan Brown v Mensur Suljovic
Adrian Lewis v Adam Hunt
Simon Whitlock v Kyle Anderson
Daryl Gurney v Robert Thornton
James Wade v Ross Smith

Stage Two
Brendan Dolan v Michael Barnard
Josh Payne v Ryan Searle
Nathan Aspinall v Martin Schindler
Gabriel Clemens v Andrew Gilding
Ryan Joyce v Steve Lennon
Mervyn King v Simon Stevenson
Stephen Bunting v Richard North
Mickey Mansell v Madars Razma
Dave Chisnall v Jamie Lewis

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
Main Stage
Ian White v Scott Taylor
Gary Anderson v Alan Tabern
Rob Cross v Cristo Reyes
Krzysztof Ratajski v Gerwyn Price
Peter Wright v Toni Alcinas
Michael van Gerwen v Matthew Edgar
Michael Smith v Vincent van der Voort

Stage Two
Jermaine Wattimena v Stephen Burton
John Henderson v Joe Cullen
Jonny Clayton v Mark Webster
Ricky Evans v Jan Dekker
James Wilson v Dimitri Van den Bergh
Danny Noppert v Rowby-John Rodriguez
Chris Dobey v Ron Meulenkamp
Darren Webster v Jeffrey de Graaf
Steve Beaton v Kim Huybrechts

Saturday November 24
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Second Round
Main Stage
Gurney/Thornton v Payne/Searle
Wade/R Smith v Aspinall/Schindler
Chisnall/J Lewis v Dobey/Meulenkamp
Cross/Reyes v Joyce/Lennon
G Anderson/Tabern v Whitlock/K Anderson
Van Gerwen/Edgar v Brown/Suljovic
Wright/Alcinas v Hopp/West

Stage Two
Bunting/North v Mansell/Razma
Wilson/Van den Bergh v Clemens/Gilding
De Zwaan/Klaasen v Evans/Dekker
Wattimena/Burton v D Webster/De Graaf
White/Taylor v Dolan/Barnard
Noppert/Rodriguez v King/Stevenson
M Smith/Van der Voort v Clayton/M Webster
Beaton/Huybrechts v Henderson/Cullen
A Lewis/Hunt v Ratajski/G Price

Think Suljovic has withdrawn

TbL

KevIRL

Brendan Dolan through to round 2

KevIRL

Lennon and gurney also through

Ultimate Seduction

The winner of the world's has made at least the semi final of this event since it started if I'm not mistaken?

KevIRL

Rob Cross hammered 6-1 by Cristo Reyes who will now play Lennon tomorrow

ThebitterLemon

KevIRL wrote: »

Rob Cross hammered 6-1 by Cristo Reyes who will now play Lennon tomorrow

Good opportunity for Lennon to progress.

TbL

KevIRL

what a match, Price dumped out by the Pole after leading 4-1. Some darts

sc86

his antics after his last throw fairly backfired - some game
karma is a bitch

KevIRL

Saturday November 24
Afternoon Session (1245 GMT)
Second Round
Main Stage
Daryl Gurney v Ryan Searle
James Wade v Nathan Aspinall
Dave Chisnall v Chris Dobey
Cristo Reyes v Steve Lennon
Gary Anderson v Simon Whitlock
Michael van Gerwen v Keegan Brown
Peter Wright v Max Hopp

Stage Two
Stephen Bunting v Madars Razma
James Wilson v Gabriel Clemens
Jeffrey de Zwaan v Ricky Evans
Stephen Burton v Darren Webster
Ian White v Brendan Dolan
Danny Noppert v Mervyn King
Michael Smith v Jonny Clayton
Steve Beaton v Joe Cullen
Adrian Lewis v Krzysztof Ratajski

ArmaniJeanss

I feel robbed of a Gerwyn Price v Adrian Lewis snarlfest.

boomdocker

KevIRL wrote: »

what a match, Price dumped out by the Pole after leading 4-1. Some darts

he actually led 5-1, then never had a match dart

Ratajski can fairly play when he's on his game - won both Players Champs in Barnsley back in October as well as one of the UK Open qualifiers earlier in the year

KevIRL

Gurney into round 3

KevIRL

Steve Lennon wins 6-5

KevIRL

Dolan wins 6-3

hawkwing

Lennon 7-6 from 0-5 down

KevIRL

10-7 win. Brilliant

KevIRL

Wade loses 10-9 to dobey.

boomdocker

Lennon's birthday tomorrow apparently

KevIRL

Gurney 10 Dolan 6

Ally Dick

Wright will bottle this one. Mind you, he is playing the king of the bottlers Bunting

KevIRL

Brilliant finish to a good night of darts. Bunting beats wright in a decider leg.

ThebitterLemon

Gurney smashing Dobey, his finishing is brilliant

TbL

KevIRL

Destroyed him. 10-2 final score.

KevIRL

Noppert v gurney in semi final

ThebitterLemon

KevIRL wrote: »

Noppert v gurney in semi final

Think Gurney will easily win that.

Noppert looks flakey

TbL

KevIRL

Anderson in top form

KevIRL

Lennon getting hammered unsurprisingly

RebelButtMunch

KevIRL wrote: »

Anderson in top form

Did Anderson go through?

KevIRL

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

Did Anderson go through?

Yep

KevIRL

Lennon missed 4 darts to go 4-4 and now finds himself 7-3 down

ThebitterLemon

Gurney hammered Noppert.

Anderson/MvG shaping up to be a titanic tussle

TbL

RebelButtMunch

That was a strange look that mvg gave the board when he was walking off

ThebitterLemon

That should have been the final, can’t see Gurney troubling MvG

TbL

Bob Harris

Surely DvdB is a bit old to be still a youth? He's 24 and won this last year!

ThebitterLemon

Bob Harris wrote: »

Surely DvdB is a bit old to be still a youth? He's 24 and won this last year!

Yep, Mason said it at the start of the coverage, pretty ridiculous tbh.

Should be giving genuine “youth” an opportunity on the big stage.

TbL

peteeeed

Gurney wins it with a bull finish

Bob Harris

Never got going till the last 4 legs or so. Well done Gurney, stayed in touch and did very well to close it out.

raiders11

The old saying, Scores for show and doubles for dough.

Gurney was brilliant on the doubles

ThebitterLemon

raiders11 wrote: »

The old saying, Scores for show and doubles for dough.

Gurney was brilliant on the doubles

Ffs!! Got called out at 5 all, didn’t see the rest of it but assumed MvG would have too much, what was the score!!!

TbL

raiders11

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Ffs!! Got called out at 5 all, didn’t see the rest of it but assumed MvG would have too much, what was the score!!!

TbL

11-9..... finished on the bull

ThebitterLemon

raiders11 wrote: »

11-9..... finished on the bull

Thanks.

Wasn’t it only a few weeks ago that MvG was saying that Gurney wasn’t a top 8 player. Lol.

Worlds gonna be really interesting this year

TbL

raiders11

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

Thanks.

Wasn’t it only a few weeks ago that MvG was saying that Gurney wasn’t a top 8 player. Lol.

Worlds gonna be really interesting this year

TbL

Worlds will be interesting as top dogs are looking vulnerable and draw tomorrow will be interesting, Lisa Ashton for long shot:pac:

Crowd were behind Gurney for a change, so its up to him now to keep it that way.

Ally Dick

MVG's scoring on the first three darts per leg was awful in both of his matches today

sc86

anderson should have beat mvg - missed so many doubles

worlds is open , very open

ThebitterLemon

sc86 wrote: »

anderson should have beat mvg - missed so many doubles

worlds is open , very open

So many players in form, Wade, Suljovic, Price, Anderson, MvG and then there’s a large number of “second tier” of players who are really playing well.

Don’t think Wright or Cross will be in the shake up.

If MvG’s odds improve I might put a few quod on him as he’ll be harder to beat over the longer format.

TbL

Edit: he’s 8/5 still very poor odds

Bob Harris

ThebitterLemon wrote: »

So many players in form, Wade, Suljovic, Price, Anderson, MvG and then there’s a large number of “second tier” of players who are really playing well.

Don’t think Wright or Cross will be in the shake up.

If MvG’s odds improve I might put a few quod on him as he’ll be harder to beat over the longer format.

TbL

Edit: he’s 8/5 still very poor odds

MvG has had his troubles in set play though and he isn't the invincible force this year he was in 2017. Deserves to be favourite but there are plenty who'll fancy their chances this year. I reckon it could be Big John Henderson's year at last.

ThebitterLemon

Bob Harris wrote: »

MvG has had his troubles in set play though and he isn't the invincible force this year he was in 2017. Deserves to be favourite but there are plenty who'll fancy their chances this year. I reckon it could be Big John Henderson's year at last.

Henderson looks so unhealthy he’ll be lucky to make it to January 🀣

TbL

sc86

dont think big john would last best of 11 sets ha