Scott

The PDC World Championships are here! It’s the greatest time of the year, not because Santa comes down my chimney, but because Phil Taylor, Co Stompe, Simon Whitlock and the rest of the PDC brigade are at the Alexandra Palace for the start of the World Championships.

We have 15 days of darting action in store and I honestly couldn’t be happier. We had the World Cup of Darts at the start of December, which Holland won, but it was a pointless betting medium, so now we can get back into the darts betting swing of things with some proper action.

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One match left and it’s Scott Waites versus James Wade. Waites making his second final in two years and he’s looked good. James Wade, the second seed, has played some great darts in the later stages and I’m excited about this best of 31 encounter.

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Well, after a great day, Saturday and the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam of Darts saw a shocking turn of events. Not only did Phil Taylor get knocked out by Steve Beaton, we had a terrible day and we now stand at 17-21 for the tournament and we have a loss of –

-3.095 units

Yes, a bit heartbreaking and Terry Jenkins’ loss was particularly gut wrenching. However, we’ve got the semi-finals to worry about and it’s an unexpected line up, with only one seed left in the competition and only one group winner standing, James Wade and Scott Waites respectively. Still, let’s get the semi-final tips going and I’ll be back later on in the day with a tip or two for the final.

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OK, I’m writing this just as the afternoon session of the Grand Slam of Darts starts, so I can’t give you an update on what the scores are. Thanks to the format of the day, there’s little turnaround between sessions and when I wrote today’s afternoon session tips, the bookies hadn’t priced up the evening session matches. Typical bookies, eh?

Anyway, 17-16 from last night, with a profit of +4.405 units. Hopefully this will have improved after this afternoon’s two matches. Now, onto the Grand Slam of Darts Evening Session tips.

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That’s more like it! A bit unfortunate not to go 3-0 last night, but a 2-1 night is more than good enough to get us right back on track. Just a shame Steve Beaton couldn’t have taken out a bit more than a 121. Still, not just an enjoyable night, but a profitable night. After last night, we’re standing at 17-16 for the tournament and we have a profit of –

+4.405 units

Now we’re into the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam of Darts, even longer matches and we’ve got, who I feel, are the players who deserve to be here. Not many group winners, but an exceptionally classy line-up.

The quarterfinals are split over two sessions, so the evening session tips will come later today.

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A terrible night last night, let’s be honest. We had the misfortunate of backing Robert Thornton, who seemed incapable of hitting double 20 if his life depended on it. We then had Tony O’Shea, who got off to a blistering start, leading 4-1, and then winning a grand total of 3 legs after that. Finally, Mervyn King had darts to beat James Wade, couldn’t hold his throw towards the end of the match and that put us at 15-15 for the tournament and we have a profit of –

+2.425 units

We were a tad unlucky with King, but the other two, well, it wasn’t our day. Let’s get back on track with tonight’s Grand Slam of Darts tips.

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