World Darts Championship 2016/17 - Game & Everything

[Rainbowmonkey]

The Big (Game Twenty-) One: Let's. Get. GANDO.

Wooptywoop the 24th PDC World Darts Championship begins on Thursday 15th December. It is setplay, sets being the classic best of 5 legs. This game is based on the First Round only, played over ten sessions, Thursday to Thursday, December 15-22. A bewdiful week.

The more accurate your score predictions, the more points you get. If you get the match winner correct, you are guaranteed some points. If you get the match winner wrong, you get... zero:

Spoiler:

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(1) Predict the scores of 24 First Round matches. First to 3 sets wins.

(2) Play three bonus tokens for multiple points. Gold Bonus = points x4. Silver Bonus = points x3. Bronze Bonus = points x2. Write *GOLD* etc. next to your chosen match. Only use one per match.

(3) Answer the questions at the bottom. 15 points for each one correct.

Post your entry in here or by PM by Thursday 15th December, 7pm.


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THUR EVE: Jamie Caven v Kevin Painter
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis v Mick McGowan
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson v Mark Frost
THUR EVE: Michael Smith v Ricky Evans

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins v Josh Payne
SAT AFT: John Henderson v Andrew Gilding

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes v Dimitri Van den Bergh
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting v Darren Webster

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe v Chris Dobey
SUN AFT: Mark Webster v Joe Murnan

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney v Jermaine Wattimena
SUN EVE: Alan Norris v John Michael

MON EVE: Mervyn King v Steve West
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis v Magnus Caris

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan v Christian Kist
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld v Robbie Green

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic v Ron Meulenkamp
WED EVE: James Wade v Ronny Huybrechts

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen v Jeffrey de Graaf
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort v Max Hopp
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts v James Wilson


*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average?

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average?

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average?

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average?

[Rainbowmonkey]

Previous medalerrs. Got ourselves another Scottish back-to-back champ to get rid of...
Del also won the Christmas game last year.


2014 Matchplay ........ m4rk henry gene
2014 Grand Prix ....... Roq m4rk sub
2014 Euro Champ ...... RM henry m4rk
2014 Masters ............ m4rk Ghost RM
2014 Grand Slam A ..... Holden Ghost Carlos
2014 Grand Slam B ..... sub henry Holden
2014 Players Champ .... Holden sub RM
2015 Worlds A ........... gene Ghost RM
2015 Worlds B ........... shabb del sub

2015 Premier League A .. Carlos Roq RM
2015 Premier League B .. RM Ghost Roq
2015 Matchplay .......... shabb Roq RM
2016 Worlds ............. del sub shabb

2016 Matchplay A ...... m4rk Ghost Carlos
2016 Matchplay B ..... The End del RM
2016 Champs League .. m4rk Carlos RM
2016 Grand Prix ....... The End Carlos gene
2016 Euro Champ ....... Carlos Holden gene
2016 Grand Slam ....... del RM Holden
2016 Players Champ .... del The End gene

[The End]

THUR EVE: Jamie Caven v Kevin Painter 1-3
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis v Mick McGowan 3-1
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson v Mark Frost 3-1
THUR EVE: Michael Smith v Ricky Evans 3-1

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton 3-2
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen 3-2

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins v Josh Payne 2-3
SAT AFT: John Henderson v Andrew Gilding 3-1

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes v Dimitri Van den Bergh 1-3
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting v Darren Webster 1-3

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe v Chris Dobey 2-3
SUN AFT: Mark Webster v Joe Murnan 3-2

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney v Jermaine Wattimena 2-3
SUN EVE: Alan Norris v John Michael 3-0 GOLD

MON EVE: Mervyn King v Steve West 1-3
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis v Magnus Caris 3-0 SILVER

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan v Christian Kist 3-1
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld v Robbie Green 3-1 BRONZE

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic v Ron Meulenkamp 3-0
WED EVE: James Wade v Ronny Huybrechts 3-1

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen v Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort v Max Hopp 3-2
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez 3-0
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts v James Wilson 3-0

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Gary Anderson

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Justin Pipe

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Josh Payne

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? John Michael

[Rainbowmonkey]

Only 7 men have ever won it. That number would be near enough double had it not been for Lord Philth.

He's won only 1 of the last 6, however. It's a different game now.

[Rainbowmonkey]

That Santa hat thing up the page winks. I didn't know.

Gary Anderson on for the hat-trick... world champ since 4th January 2015.

[Rainbowmonkey]

More links and bits to add later.

It's the World Championship!

[Rainbowmonkey]

LINKS

PDC home: http://www.pdc.tv/home

Full schedule: http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/ddfr9dyq ... p-schedule

Twatter: https://twitter.com/OfficialPDC

YooToob: https://www.youtube.com/user/officialpdc/videos

Live scoring: http://live.dartsdata.com/

Unofficial analysis: https://twitter.com/3dartanalyst and the plain ludicrous: https://twitter.com/PremiumDartData

[Rainbowmonkey]

They are working through a series of videos from Worlds past... here are two of the most horrifying ever in my opinion, 12 years apart, much had changed, nothing had changed, classics:

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[The End]

Where are they now.....a selection of absolute nomark players who competed in the PDC World Darts since 2000 - three different ones from each year.

2000: Scott Cummings, Braulio Roncero, Dean Allsopp
2001: Gary Spedding, Reg Harding, Gayl King
2002: Paul Williams, Matt Chapman, Mick Manning
2003: Al Hedman, Arjan Moen, Mark Holden
2004: Rory Orvis, Ritchie Buckle, Henry O'Neill
2005: John Verwey, Josephus Schenk, Mark Landers
2006: Steve Alker, Geoff Wylie, Winston Cadogan
2007: Brian Cyr, Anton Pein, Ian Branks
2008: Rizal Barellano, Miloslav Navratil, Steve MacArthur
2009: Hannes Schnier, Sudesh Fitzgerald, Mark Stephenson
2010: Les Francis, Aodhagan O'Neill, Osmann Kijamet
2011: Juanito Gionzon, Preston Ridd, Chris Thompson
2012: Paul Barham, Dennis Nilsson, Kevin Muench
2013: Dave Harrington, Mark Jones, Charl Pietersen
2014: Colin McGarry, Ben Ward, Julio Barbero
2015: Mark McGrath, John Weber, Scott Kirchner
2016: Sven Groen, Warrick Scheffer, Koha Kokiri

[genehunt1973]

UR EVE: Jamie Caven v Kevin Painter 2-3
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis v Mick McGowan 3-1
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson v Mark Frost 3-0 Silver
THUR EVE: Michael Smith v Ricky Evans 3-1

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton 3-1
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen 3-2

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins v Josh Payne 2-3
SAT AFT: John Henderson v Andrew Gilding 3-1

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes v Dimitri Van den Bergh 2-3
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting v Darren Webster 1-3

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe v Chris Dobey3-2
SUN AFT: Mark Webster v Joe Murnan 3-2

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney v Jermaine Wattimena3-2
SUN EVE: Alan Norris v John Michael 3-0

MON EVE: Mervyn King v Steve West 1-3
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis v Magnus Caris 3-0 Gold

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan v Christian Kist 3-1
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld v Robbie Green 3-1

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic v Ron Meulenkamp 3-1 Bronze
WED EVE: James Wade v Ronny Huybrechts 3-1

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen v Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort v Max Hopp 3-2
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez 3-1
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts v James Wilson 3-0

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Gary Anderson

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Daryl Gurney

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Kist

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Magnus Caris

[delboy1983]

Can't see past MVG for this one.Players are in awe before the game starts similar how it was with Philthy Phil Taylor in his hay day

[Rainbowmonkey]

Do yer preds by Thursday, 7pm. The World Championship begins in 3 days. the Sky Sports Darts tv channel is open for business.

[subsub]

Cheers, RM

THUR EVE: Jamie Caven 1-3 Kevin Painter
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis 1-3 Mick McGowan
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson 3-0 Mark Frost *GOLD*
THUR EVE: Michael Smith 3-0 Ricky Evans

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price 3-1 Jonny Clayton
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton 3-2 Devon Petersen

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins 3-1 Josh Payne
SAT AFT: John Henderson 1-3 Andrew Gilding

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes 3-1 Dimitri Van den Bergh
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting 3-1 Darren Webster

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe 3-1 Chris Dobey
SUN AFT: Mark Webster 3-0 Joe Murnan

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney 3-0 Jermaine Wattimena
SUN EVE: Alan Norris 3-1 John Michael

MON EVE: Mervyn King 3-0 Steve West *BRONZE*
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis 3-1 Magnus Caris

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan 3-1 Christian Kist
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld 3-1 Robbie Green

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic 3-0 Ron Meulenkamp
WED EVE: James Wade 3-1 Ronny Huybrechts

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen 3-0 Jeffrey de Graaf
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort 3-0 Max Hopp *SILVER*
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall 3-1 Rowby-John Rodriguez
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts 3-1 James Wilson


*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average?
Gary Anderson

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average?
Cristo Reyes

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average?
Kevin Painter

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average?
Max Hopp

[henrycrs]

THUR EVE: Jamie Caven v Kevin Painter 2-3
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis v Mick McGowan 3-2
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson v Mark Frost 3-0 GOLD
THUR EVE: Michael Smith v Ricky Evans 3-1

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton 3-1
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen 1-3

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins v Josh Payne 3-2
SAT AFT: John Henderson v Andrew Gilding 3-2

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes v Dimitri Van den Bergh 2-3
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting v Darren Webster 3-2

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe v Chris Dobey3-2
SUN AFT: Mark Webster v Joe Murnan 3-2

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney v Jermaine Wattimena3-1
SUN EVE: Alan Norris v John Michael 3-0

MON EVE: Mervyn King v Steve West 3-2
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis v Magnus Caris 3-0 SILVER

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan v Christian Kist 3-1
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld v Robbie Green 3-1

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic v Ron Meulenkamp 3-1
WED EVE: James Wade v Ronny Huybrechts 3-2

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen v Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort v Max Hopp 3-2 BRONZE
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez 3-0
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts v James Wilson 3-0

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Gary Anderson

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Steve Beaton

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Devon Peterson

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Magnus Caris

Cheers RM, top work as always

[Rainbowmonkey]

I will look through some Ally Pally odds in a minute nay Let's get some odds.

[Holden Mcgroyne]

THUR EVE: Jamie Caven v Kevin Painter 1-3
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis v Mick McGowan 3-1
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson v Mark Frost 3-1
THUR EVE: Michael Smith v Ricky Evans 3-2

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton 3-0
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen 3-1

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins v Josh Payne 3-1
SAT AFT: John Henderson v Andrew Gilding 2-3

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes v Dimitri Van den Bergh 3-1
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting v Darren Webster 2-3

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe v Chris Dobey 1-3
SUN AFT: Mark Webster v Joe Murnan 3-1

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney v Jermaine Wattimena 3-2
SUN EVE: Alan Norris v John Michael 3-1

MON EVE: Mervyn King v Steve West 2-3
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis v Magnus Caris 3-1

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan v Christian Kist 3-2
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld v Robbie Green 3-0

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic v Ron Meulenkamp 2-3
WED EVE: James Wade v Ronny Huybrechts 3-0 BRONZE

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen v Jeffrey de Graaf 3-1 SILVER
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort v Max Hopp 1-3
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez 3-1 GOLD
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts v James Wilson 3-2

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Jelle Klaasen

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Jamie Lewis

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? Darren Webster

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? Jonny Clayton

[Rainbowmonkey]

BETTING

This will all be william hill. They are title sponsors and that.

9/1 - Taylor champion. On the BBC thing in September nobody got anywhere near him, including MvG whom he beat twice. Taylor skipped the last TV ranking event to optimise his preparation for this. Private life settled, rested, fresh as a sexpest daisy. Think BBC. If that Taylor turns up, he wins #17. He can fluster MvG and have the world champ giggling again.

His draw largely accounts for his odds I think. He'll probably need to beat Barney, Lewis and MvG just to reach the final. He is still good enough to brush aside the best, one after another.

For what it's worth, I think we'll get down to a repeat of the 2015 final, this time with Taylor beating Anderson 7-3 or 7-4. I will be putting something on that 9/1. I think he's roughly of the opinion that this is his very best chance of ever winning it again. He's 56, you know. Don't think anybody else has title odds worth looking at.

[henrycrs]

Is that a 'lump on with lash' tip RM?

[Rainbowmonkey]

Is that a 'lump on with lash' tip RM?

Nothing so iconic 9/1 though! Spunk with monk or something err.

[Rainbowmonkey]

Orrr...


Michael van Gerwen vs The Field - The Field is EVENS. That's very effectively a bet on the combined powers of Taylor, Anderson and Lewis, who have 20 world titles between them, including 7 of the last 8, to win a world title, plus Barney, Wright, Wade and all the rest. Double your money. That's incredible. MvG is greatness but nothing justifies those odds.

9/2 - 2nd Quarter of the draw to produce the champion - Taylor, Lewis and Barney are all in the 2nd quarter. 23 world titles between them. Better off backing Taylor alone probably.

11/10 - Zero 9-dart finishes. For novelty plumping you could do worse. There's only been one live on TV all season, I believe. Also zero on the streamed events. No-cunt can hit Double 12 for it. Wright is so convinced he can't that he's started going T15 D18 to wrap it up. Defeated by the dartboard. Attitude. Cunt.

[Rainbowmonkey]

World Youth Champ Aussie Corey Cadby is a possible sensation, and unfortunately nay surprisingly the bookies are onto him. He's fucking 1/12 to beat Sun Qiang in the Prelims, Best of 3 sets. Could be worth looking at an exact score bet, if you can find odds on Cadb-o winning 2-0. It's bound to happen.

Assuming he does win, he'll play Joe Cullen on Monday night. Cullen is better on the floor than on TV. Cadby is a big stage cunt already and will massively fancy that, especially having warmed up with a match on stage already on the night. The odds aren't up yet obviously but Cadby to beat Cullen will be worth a look. Cullen will presumably be favourite. He has never won a match at Ally Pally, 6/6 losses or something.

[Rainbowmonkey]

Could be RM's top tip this one, not glamorous odds admittedly but it looks safe...

11/10 on Wright to win the 4th quarter, that is to reach the semis. By far the weakest quarter of the draw - Wright and Wade are the big uns in that, followed by Michael Smith and Ian White, then Gerwyn Price and Mervyn King. Smith and White are good, but neither are in form that could trouble Wright. Price and King are in okay form but not in Wright's league at present.

Wright's high quality consistency is very unusual. He is genuine class and if he just brings his game, that quarter should be his and relatively comfortably. He doesn't do off-nights and he is a former finalist here.

[The Ghost of Alex Higgins]

THUR EVE: Jamie Caven v Kevin Painter 3 1
THUR EVE: Jamie Lewis v Mick McGowan 3 2
THUR EVE: Gary Anderson v Mark Frost 3 0
THUR EVE: Michael Smith v Ricky Evans 3 1

FRI EVE: Gerwyn Price v Jonny Clayton 3 2
FRI EVE: Steve Beaton v Devon Petersen 3 1 BRONZE

SAT AFT: Terry Jenkins v Josh Payne 3 1
SAT AFT: John Henderson v Andrew Gilding 0 3

SAT EVE: Cristo Reyes v Dimitri Van den Bergh 3 1
SAT EVE: Stephen Bunting v Darren Webster 3 0

SUN AFT: Justin Pipe v Chris Dobey 3 2
SUN AFT: Mark Webster v Joe Murnan 3 1

SUN EVE: Daryl Gurney v Jermaine Wattimena 1 3
SUN EVE: Alan Norris v John Michael 0 3 SILVER

MON EVE: Mervyn King v Steve West 3 2
MON EVE: Adrian Lewis v Magnus Caris 3 1

TUE EVE: Brendan Dolan v Christian Kist 0 3
TUE EVE: Raymond van Barneveld v Robbie Green 3 0 GOLD

WED EVE: Mensur Suljovic v Ron Meulenkamp 3 0
WED EVE: James Wade v Ronny Huybrechts 3 1

THUR EVE: Jelle Klaasen v Jeffrey de Graaf 3 1
THUR EVE: Vincent van der Voort v Max Hopp 2 3
THUR EVE: Dave Chisnall v Rowby-John Rodriguez 3 0
THUR EVE: Kim Huybrechts v James Wilson 3 2


*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? CHIZ

*Which of the seeds (the ‘home’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? NORRIS

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the highest Round 1 match average? HOPP

*Which of the non-seeds (the ‘away’ players) above will record the lowest Round 1 match average? MEULENKAMP

[henrycrs]

Even money the field! Mental price really

I've just taken the 9s on offer for PTP. Only a fiver, but its VALUE

[Rainbowmonkey]

Even money the field! Mental price really

I've just taken the 9s on offer for PTP. Only a fiver, but its VALUE

The trickling inevitability horrors of Taylor closing in on another world title makes having money on that 9/1 a form of bloody therapy as much as anything. I won't stretch to a fiver though, maybe 90p. my lumps are small.

Yeah Evens on the field is tempting too. Hmmm.