Grand Slam of Darts

When he gets in a scoring groove like that there are few better

And Michael Smith does what Michael Smith does, bottles it at the crucial moment, 13-12 down on his own throw, gives the leg away.....

Should be a good final if these two are on their top game

I love putting the boot into Smith as much as anyone but I think it's a bit harsh to say he bottled that one!

Random thought. In the Wright vs Smith game they both hit a 170 checkout. In that scenario would your bet be void or would the bookie pay it out?

That would be infuriating. Doesn't happen that often though to be fair.

Edit: just saw on Mardle's Twitter a punter had both Price and Wright to win their semis with most 180s and Highest Checkout. Got screwed and the odds were over 18/1.

A easy night at the office so far for price.

Snakebite just not at the races.

For 'most 180s' there is a price quoted on the tie, and you shouldn't really complain as its a serious possibility. Like it's often as short as 3/1 or 4/1.

I must look at the highest checkout market next time to see if tie is given a price. Not a market I look at normally as it seems pretty much a random outcome.

Fair dues to Price

Maybe Smith would've given him a better game, he played far better than Wright all week apart from those 8 legs earlier on

Great performance from price in both games today.

Çan't wait for ally pally.

Players Championship on ITV4 next weekend. Usually good fun, 64 players and multiple boards.

They probably couldn't have four best of 31 quarter finals on the Friday night. In the worst case scenario of four close games with a couple of the slower players, then it's close to an 8 hour session.

I think starting on the Friday night (rather than the current Saturday start) would be the way to go. Groups A to D play Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night, Groups E - G play Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon, Monday night. Last 16s Tuesday, Wednesday - Quarters Thursday, Friday - Semis Saturday - Final Sunday.

I think as well as being fairer it would make better viewing figures - todays semi-finals can kinda get lost in between Super Sunday soccer and F1.

They merged the semi final + final on the Sunday in 2009. Made the quarter finals best of 31 instead of 19.

Then were able to bring about an extra session on the Sunday afternoon and maybe sell more tickets.