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Posted on: 23 Feb 2017
AFTER a good turnaround last week we were denied by one bet on the wrong side of the line. This week The Brighton Centre in Brighton, a former final venue will host the action with an entertaining week last week seeing 32 maximums and a 141 highest out from Chisnall. Week 4 fixtures: Chisnall Vs Klaasen MVG Vs Lewis Anderson […]
Posted on: 30 Jan 2017
THE PREMIER LEAGUE has dawned on us yet again as another 16 week marathon event every Thursday captures our viewing, and for some of us gets us through those tough Winter months as we fall into Spring. The format remains the same as recent campaigns with a straight game of a best of twelve legs without any breaks. The line […]
Posted on: 28 Jan 2017
IT IS not often we see Phil Taylor as a slight underdog in a quarter final but is against Snakebite Peter Wright, who bookies edge at 10/11 with William Hill with Taylor best at evens with BetVictor!. With current form there is no surprise that the prices are chalked as they are, however with Peter Wright making the final at […]
Posted on: 27 Jan 2017
THE PDC Masters entertains the initial TV event of what will be the busiest PDC calender and ITV have the pleasure of screening the first TV event of the year. The PDC masters is a top 16 invitational event, so there is no major at stake here. With the order of merit at the end of the World Championship suffices […]
Posted on: 13 Dec 2016
CAN Michael Van Gerwen start 2017 with a second reign of the World Championship? We have seen MVG’s price of 6/5 on the day of the Player’s Championship at the end of November diminish to just 3/4 writes Dave South (@lockuptipster). Defending champion Gary Anderson is 13/2 with Bwin, with Taylor up at 11/1. Peter Wright is 12/1 with Adrian […]
Posted on: 25 Nov 2016
THE expanded finals sees the field doubled in size as 64 players compete for £400,000 in prize money across six sessions, live on ITV4 in the UK. Qualification is based on performances across the series of 20 Players Championship tournaments during 2016. It came to light over the weekend that Kyle Anderson has withdrawn from competing as he awaits the […]
Posted on: 04 Nov 2016
MICHAEL VAN GERWEN has been priced as the standout favourite to go and retain his World Series tour TV title as he makes his way to Glasgow. With ITV4 showing the coverage live from 12:45 on Saturday, 24 players will wage battle, as the top 8 seeds enter the tourney on Saturday evening with the non seeded players facing off […]
Posted on: 27 Oct 2016
MVG is 5/4 to retain his European Championship as the finals take place in Belgium screened live in the UK with coverage exclusively on ITV 4 with coverage from 12:45 Friday. With the European championship criteria exclusively based on performances in the ten European Tours this season, MVG won six of the ten, with Wade, Taylor, Suljovic and Alan Norris […]
Posted on: 29 Sep 2016
THE FAMOUS double-start tournament at Dublin’s Citywest Hotel from October 2-8 will see 32 of the finest toe the oche in attempting to take the top prize in the £400,000. Very rarely will layers take too much notice of a visibly burnt out player let alone MVG, who lost both of his games to Taylor at last weekend’s Champions League […]
Posted on: 03 Jun 2016
A VERY disappointing start last night, where a barrage of missed doubles helped the bookies cause! A couple of bets went on the wrong side of the counter but move on. How we did not actually put up our thoughts on Gibraltar not winning is our own fault! How cool did that Russian guy look with his slick pony tail? […]
Posted on: 02 Jun 2016
THE WORLD CUP OF DARTS returns for its sixth instalment in Frankfurt Germany this weekend as 32 nations will compete to become crowned world cup darting champions. The history of the tourney 2010 – Netherlands (Co Stompe and Raymond van Barneveld) 2012 – England – (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) 2013 – England – (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) 2014 […]
Posted on: 26 May 2016
FOR those that have followed my good self will know we take Darts very seriously when it comes to betting and applying our assessments versus the odds compilers to try and seek out the value. Of course Value is only defined by the persons opinion. You will probably not have read this anywhere else, so yes we have said it. […]
Posted on: 18 May 2016
THE finals are upon us and the top four in the world all qualified for final night. Interestingly 1st in the world will play 4th and 2nd vs 3rd! MVG is the overwhelming favourite to win the premier league third time lucky after losing in the final in the last two years! MVG is 8/13 with Skybet, with Phil Taylor […]
Posted on: 10 May 2016
TWO from three bets last week leave us with a nice profit as we enter the final round of competition as the season closes for the first time outside the British Isles in Rotterdam! Last week saw all four games be won in one-sided contests with no losing opponent registering more than two legs on the board. We know that […]
Posted on: 04 May 2016
AFTER Phil Taylor’s defeat last week; the first since the opening night, Michael van Gerwen is again the leading favourite to win the Premier League. MVG has eased in to around 7/10 with some firms to win the event. With two rounds of competition left, this week in Manchester could see third and fourth spots sealed as Gary Anderson and […]
Posted on: 28 Apr 2016
WITH three regular weeks left in the competition, this will be the final week where players will play twice. Last but by no means least these are Peter Wright and defending champion Gary Anderson. How did we perform last week? In respective Wade missed a couple of chances for the checkout we were in good profit despite this and one […]
Posted on: 21 Apr 2016
WE SAW twenty-nine maximums last week on the night as Phil Taylor extended his lead at the top of the table by four points as Taylor edged out old foe Barneveld whilst MVG dropped a point with his fourth draw of the campaign versus defending champion Gary Anderson. Just before we head to this week’s preview, we have identified a […]
Posted on: 07 Apr 2016
ROBERT THORNTON escaped relegation last week, with Michael Smith unable to beat Phil Taylor, although this was a closer affair than Phil would have liked. Dave Chisnall then had the chance taking his game to the final leg, but was unable to capture the draw, which in retrospect would have seen Chisnall through on leg difference. Week ten fixtures James […]
Posted on: 31 Mar 2016
A COUPLE of weeks ago you could have said, will there be a judgement night if Thornton and Smith were unlikely to contest a fight out of relegation? On week eight, Thornton pocketed four points from six to lift himself two places and allow Dave Chisnall with work to do on judgement night. The permutations are thus: Elimination Scenarios Michael […]
Posted on: 23 Mar 2016
WE enter the penultimate week and three players ideally are left in the chase for relegation whereas mathematically Barney could still be relegated. Bottom two Michael Smith and rock bottom Robert Thornton play each other in a relegation battle first up this week, with Thornton playing twice. Thornton could conceivably by the conclusion of judgment night have seven points, but […]
Posted on: 16 Mar 2016
Week seven comes from the SSE Hydro arena in Glasgow where we are approaching the business end of survival into the remainder of the competition. Last week saw good wins for Anderson, Lewis, Wade, Taylor and MVG, which leaves the likes of Chisnall and Barney with work to do to avoid a potential judgement night with Smith and Thornton occupying […]
Posted on: 09 Mar 2016
WITH just three more meetings between tonight and Maundy Thursday the battle to avoid relegation really begins and Michael Smith did himself a favour in week five beating Barney 7-5. A recap of certain markets to week six as Michael van Gerwen and Phil Taylor lead as at week five; Most 180s – MVG 22, Chisnall 21 – our even […]
Posted on: 05 Mar 2016
Andy Pieman Smith had match darts and folded in his game with Wattimena which was back and forth! This denied our clean sweep having pocketed a 9/10 and 11/10 winner earlier in the day. We added a five fold and due to the time sensitivity and markets being slow to react we priced up our bets and tweeted Mr Fixit […]
Posted on: 03 Mar 2016
THE fourteenth staging of the glorious “FA Cup” of darts will see Butlins Minehead host for the third successive year when the tournament kicks-off on Friday. Reigning champion Michael van Gerwen is the red hot 13/8 favourite with Boylesports to retain the crown he won a year ago. Previous champions such as James Wade, two-time champion Raymond van Barnveld, Robert […]
Posted on: 02 Mar 2016
THE premier league this week comes from Exeter on the eve of the UK Open, which toes the oche the very next day a modest distance away in Minehead Somerset. A quick recap on last week; we saw it all, we saw treble 20 galore with a massive forty on the night. Also – MICHAEL VAN GERWEN smashed the world […]