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Ultimate Seduction · 07-06-2017 11:49pm #1

Folllowing a suggestion from another poster, This is a thread to discuss tournaments that wouldn't merit a thread and news

Ultimate Seduction · 07-06-2017 11:53pm

Adrian Lewis pulled out of the Shanghai and Las Vegas legs of the world series, Gerwyn Price has been selected as his replacement
Delighted for Price he really has come on this year and proving over and over that he can compete with the elite players.

Firewalkwithme · 08-06-2017 7:23am

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Folllowing a suggestion from another poster, This is a thread to discuss tournaments that wouldn't merit a thread and news

So this is the BDO thread then?

anti-venom · 09-06-2017 9:57am

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Adrian Lewis pulled out of the Shanghai and Las Vegas legs of the world series, Gerwyn Price has been selected as his replacement
Delighted for Price he really has come on this year and proving over and over that he can compete with the elite players.

Price is a bit special but he has a lot of improving to do before he can be considered an elite player..Mark Webster carried him a lot in Wales' recent good run in the world cup. To think though that he only started playing about six years ago. Can see him in the top ten in couple of years from now.

Ultimate Seduction · 09-06-2017 1:46pm

anti-venom wrote:

Price is a bit special but he has a lot of improving to do before he can be considered an elite player..Mark Webster carried him a lot in Wales' recent good run in the world cup. To think though that he only started playing about six years ago. Can see him in the top ten in couple of years from now.

Oh I know that he's not elite yet, he hasn't even won a major and only 1 individual final, but he is definitely showing he can play at that level. Most improved player over the last 18 months. These tournaments can only make him better. A few runs in the big majors and he will be Premier league.
I think he will be top 10 by January.

BTW, we're you watching the same world cup as I was? Webster certainly didn't carry him, quite the oposite in fact.

D.Q · 09-06-2017 6:19pm

If this isn't the place for this, please move it.

Technique question. My darts continuously hit the board with the points pointing up. Kind of loosely hanging there. Lots of bounce outs.

Is there any sort of common fix to this?

Ultimate Seduction · 10-06-2017 1:28pm

D.Q wrote:

Is there any sort of common fix to this?

Try longer stems if you're using short ones. Try hold the dart farther back. Or else just try different darts.

gramar · 10-06-2017 2:42pm

Dwayne 'the rock' Johnson and Peter 'the rock' Hudson. Seperated at birth.

gramar · 10-06-2017 2:56pm

On his way back from 5-2 to beating Hubrechts 6-5 Paul Nicholson said he looked hungry.
'Doesn't he always' quipped the commentator!

Ultimate Seduction · 12-06-2017 1:05am

Van gerwen back to his best today, beat suljovic in the final. Noticeable run from Cristo Reyes. When he gets consistent he is going to be a real force.

FineAle · 18-06-2017 11:14pm

Great win for Steve Beaton in this week's Players Championship. Beat Anderson in good fashion, seems like a top bloke.

gramar · 19-06-2017 7:25am

FineAle wrote: »

Great win for Steve Beaton in this week's Players Championship. Beat Anderson in good fashion, seems like a top bloke.

A lot of fellas are called 'one of the nicer guys on the tour' but I think Beaton really is one of those. Seems like he's been around forever.
A final for Anderson Saturday and a win Sunday so he's in decent form too.

Kingp35 · 19-06-2017 12:11pm

Great to see Beaton get a win. He has been slipping down the rankings a bit but the ?10k he won might be enough to get him into the remaining majors.

Stevecw · 20-06-2017 10:25pm

FineAle wrote: »

Great win for Steve Beaton in this week's Players Championship. Beat Anderson in good fashion, seems like a top bloke.

Delighted for him. A great guy, met him at an exhibition a few years ago. Couldn't meet a sounder man. Saw that Gibraltar Darts documentary thing that sky had on recently & showed how he was struggling. A driving instructor I think he was, just to try pay the bills. That win will be massive for him

PTH2009 · 23-06-2017 7:45pm

So what tournaments are Phil Taylor going to do for the rest of the year ???

I wonder will he become a pundit for Sky after the 2018 World championships ???

Scorpion Sting · 23-06-2017 11:43pm

PTH2009 wrote: »

So what tournaments are Phil Taylor going to do for the rest of the year ???

I wonder will he become a pundit for Sky after the 2018 World championships ???

Oh god please no.

gramar · 25-06-2017 10:05pm

Excellent final between MvG and Michael Smith tonight. Without saying more and spoiling the outcome if you don't know it, it can be watched here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_1cQpoQvxw

FineAle · 26-06-2017 9:02am

Smith showing signs of rejuvenation again following his exit from premier league this year. Gibraltar winner last month, austrian final this month, he'll be happy with that.

gramar · 29-06-2017 10:23pm

I thought this was a typo but apparently there is 3 of them!

"The youngest of three brothers competing in the event after the trio won through Thursday's Host Nation Qualifier in Schwechat, Vienna, Rusty-Jake defied the disappointment of seeing elder siblings Rowby-John and Roxy-James knocked out to delight the Multiversum crowd"

anti-venom · 30-06-2017 7:04pm

gramar wrote: »

I thought this was a typo but apparently there is 3 of them!

"The youngest of three brothers competing in the event after the trio won through Thursday's Host Nation Qualifier in Schwechat, Vienna, Rusty-Jake defied the disappointment of seeing elder siblings Rowby-John and Roxy-James knocked out to delight the Multiversum crowd"

I heard Mensur Suljovic talking about Rusty Jake about two years ago and he rated him the highest of the three brothers. He's not wrong - the boy could be world champion one day. Very exciting prospect.

FineAle · 02-07-2017 7:14pm

MVG pipped 6-2 by Robb Cross today, always good to see an underdog success.

02-07-2017 7:53pm

Hey lads, could anyone recommend some good value sites to buy from? I've only started playing recently and I picked up a set of harrows ice 24g from a shop in town, but now I'm thinking they may not be right for me.
I'd like to pick up a few different styles cheaply and hopefully find one I know suits me. If ye could point me in the right direction that'd be great

marklazarcovic · 02-07-2017 7:55pm

especially when he played so well,was no fluke,having a storming time is cross

FineAle · 02-07-2017 8:16pm

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Hey lads, could anyone recommend some good value sites to buy from? I've only started playing recently and I picked up a set of harrows ice 24g from a shop in town, but now I'm thinking they may not be right for me.
I'd like to pick up a few different styles cheaply and hopefully find one I know suits me. If ye could point me in the right direction that'd be great

I've bought a few times off dartscorner.co.uk, always do a great job. Picked up a few bargains trying different of barrels, weights etc

gramar · 03-07-2017 7:32am

FineAle wrote: »

I've bought a few times off dartscorner.co.uk, always do a great job. Picked up a few bargains trying different of barrels, weights etc

I buy from Dartscorner too and never had a problem with them.
It's a bit hit and miss buying darts over the net that you've never thrown
so if you know anyone who plays I'd be throwing theirs first to see what weight and shape suits you best.

iseethelight · 03-07-2017 3:45pm

Cake of Tremendous Power wrote: »

Hey lads, could anyone recommend some good value sites to buy from? I've only started playing recently and I picked up a set of harrows ice 24g from a shop in town, but now I'm thinking they may not be right for me.
I'd like to pick up a few different styles cheaply and hopefully find one I know suits me. If ye could point me in the right direction that'd be great

I use pure darts, quick delivery normally bit cheaper than darts corner

Ultimate Seduction · 03-07-2017 11:37pm

501darts.ie keep it Irish!

Usually next day delivery, sound lad very helpful.

04-07-2017 1:10am

Thanks for the recommendations lads, I'll check those sites. unfortunately only one of my friends plays and he uses really old school brass darts that are 45g I think. Way too heavy for me.

05-07-2017 3:16am

To update, ive ordered a set of winmau snipers 23g. Got a throw off of Whitlock's series 10 and loved the barrel on it. Ended up using darts corner, tried 501 as I would like to keep it local but he had none in stock. Once again, thanks for your help. Sound bunch of lads

FineAle · 06-07-2017 1:10pm

2017 Shanghai Darts Masters Draw Bracket:

Gary Anderson (1) v Wei Hong Li
Raymond van Barneveld v Cheng An Liu
Gerwyn Price (4) v Royden Lam
Dave Chisnall v Paul Lim
Michael van Gerwen (2) v Hai Long Chen
Phil Taylor v Hyun Chul Park
Peter Wright (3) v Haruki Muramatsu
James Wade v Xiao Chen Zong

Starting tonight - ITV4

Taylor back for his first outing in a while, Should be good viewing.

gramar · 06-07-2017 3:21pm

A clean sweep for the PDC big boys. Only 4 legs dropped in 6 matches.

Liamalone · 06-07-2017 4:18pm

A bit of a shambles that craic, I'm sure I could muster a 0-6 defeat lol, hope it's a knockout tournament

marklazarcovic · 06-07-2017 4:27pm

i thought it started tonight?

gramar · 06-07-2017 4:34pm

marklazarcovic wrote: »

i thought it started tonight?

7 hours ahead in Shanghai so was night time there.

marklazarcovic · 06-07-2017 6:45pm

Aw crap no point tuning in to it so

gramar · 07-07-2017 8:38pm

Close one between MvG and Taylor but a runaway winner in the final.
Chizzy does what he does best and gives MvG an easy victory.

bassy · 08-07-2017 1:51am

Van gerwen is miles ahead of the pack,needs a bazooka to catch him.even when hes not playing hes A game he still wins.i think and he knows darts is in hes hands for the fore seeable future.

marklazarcovic · 08-07-2017 6:03am

He's also handling the pressure of being the top dog very very well

gramar · 08-07-2017 9:04am

bassy wrote: »

Van gerwen is miles ahead of the pack,needs a bazooka to catch him.even when hes not playing hes A game he still wins.i think and he knows darts is in hes hands for the fore seeable future.

marklazarcovic wrote: »

He's also handling the pressure of being the top dog very very well

He averaged about 104 in the final. Routine for him now.
Chizzy averaged just under 84 and he's number 5 in the world!
He can do a lot better of course but the point is that a lot of the players are beaten before they take the stage similar to how it was when Taylor was no1.

ArmaniJeanss · 10-07-2017 11:39am

World Matchplay final field and seedings.

Seeds.
1 Michael van Gerwen
2 Gary Anderson
3 Peter Wright
4 Adrian Lewis
5 Dave Chisnall
6 James Wade
7 Mensur Suljovic
8 Phil Taylor
9 Raymond van Barneveld
10 Jelle Klaasen
11 Michael Smith
12 Kim Huybrechts
13 Ian White
14 Robert Thornton
15 Benito van de Pas
16 Simon Whitlock

Nonseeds.
Daryl Gurney
Alan Norris
Joe Cullen
Rob Cross
Mervyn King
Gerwyn Price
Cristo Reyes
Stephen Bunting
Darren Webster
Steve Beaton
James Wilson
Steve West
Kyle Anderson
John Henderson
Christian Kist
Justin Pipe

Which leaves a draw bracket of
1 Michael van Gerwen v
16 Simon Whitlock v
8 Phil Taylor v
9 Raymond van Barneveld v

5 Dave Chisnall v
12 Kim Huybrechts v
4 Adrian Lewis v
13 Ian White v

2 Gary Anderson v
15 Benito van de Pas v
7 Mensur Suljovic v
10 Jelle Klaasen v

6 James Wade v
11 Michael Smith v
3 Peter Wright v
14 Robert Thornton v

ArmaniJeanss · 10-07-2017 3:53pm

Taylor withdraws from the US leg of the World Series yoke due to sickness.
His place taken by James Wade, or as the PDC website puts it '7-times PDC Premier Event winner James Wade'. I wonder is 'Premier Event' going to be something we hear used going forward, seeing as 'major' has become so watered down as to be meaningless.

ArmaniJeanss · 11-07-2017 3:55pm

The World Matchplay draw will be on Sky Sport News around 7 tonight.

ArmaniJeanss · 11-07-2017 8:35pm

Matchplay draw.

Michael van Gerwen (1) v Stephen Bunting
Simon Whitlock (16) v Kyle Anderson
Phil Taylor (8) v Gerwyn Price
Raymond van Barneveld (9) v Joe Cullen

Dave Chisnall (5) v Mervyn King
Kim Huybrechts (12) v Alan Norris
Adrian Lewis (4) v Steve Beaton
Ian White (13) v Rob Cross
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Gary Anderson (2) v Christian Kist
Benito van de Pas (15) v Daryl Gurney
Mensur Suljovic (7) v John Henderson
Jelle Klaasen (10) v Justin Pipe

James Wade (6) v Darren Webster
Michael Smith (11) v Steve West
Peter Wright (3) v James Wilson
Robert Thornton (14) v Cristo Reyes

FineAle · 11-07-2017 11:37pm

Some right crackers lined up for that, very much looking forward to it!

Ultimate Seduction · 13-07-2017 12:31pm

Can definitely see a few seeds going out first round. Price, Cullen and Reyes treble would probably give nice odds

gramar · 13-07-2017 9:14pm

Looks like Phil might have a few questions to answer...

crasy dash · 13-07-2017 9:43pm

I'm enjoying the us darts masters so far hearing barry hearn in commentary is a first for me.

crasy dash · 14-07-2017 11:03pm

That was awesome by Dawson!!James had his chance and didn't take it

gramar · 15-07-2017 12:07am

Wright did the bare miniumum to get through...86 avg and 6-3. As he got into the game Brenneman stopped scoring
and though he played well below his usual standards it was still easy.
MvG steamrolled his way to a 6-0 win.

Liamalone · 15-07-2017 5:05am

Exhibition tournaments really though

Kingp35 · 17-07-2017 9:24am

Liamalone wrote: »

Exhibition tournaments really though

Yeah they are. Completely meaningless.

With that said though, Gurney is starting to make a name for himself. I've seen a good few people calling for him to be in the next Premier League.

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