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Southwell 19:30 Jazzy Angel 10/1 Hills

Southwell 20:15 Good Karma 9/2 Hills

Newcastle 15:48 Azure Angel 33/1 Hills

Wolverhampton 18:00 Eazy On The Eye 11/4 Hills

Lingfield 11:35 Achillea 7/1 Bet365

Good shout mate - I’ve just done the same. As you say, they’re in a nice section of the draw so hopefully one of them can make the semi-finals at least.

Southwell 20:00 Thankuappreciate 9/2 Hills

Chelmsford 19:30 Blazes Boylan 16/1 Bet365

Southwell 15:45 Jalaybee 4/1 Bet365

I’ve had a look through the Grand Slam this morning and picked out a player from each quarter, and broadly in agreement with what has already been said. Wade has a really good record in this tournament, especially in his last three visits, reaching two semi-finals and a final. He’s playing pretty well at the moment, so the 55/1 with Star Sports seems more than fair. In the second quarter I do like the chances of Rob Cross, but I’ve opted for Connor Scutt. Scutt doesn’t have much big stage experience to draw on, but if things click for him in Wolverhampton the 150/1 odds could look massive, that’s with Skybet. In the third quarter I’ve plumped for De Decker. He’s arguably playing the best darts of anyone in this section, so I’ve taken 33/1 with Coral. The bottom quarter is a real minefield, but I’ve gone for Josh Rock at 40/1 with SpreadEx. You could probably make a case for seven of the eight to get through from this section, but Rock has averaged in excess of 100 in both his knockout defeats over the last two years, so is due a bit of luck in this tournament.

Has anyone seen how the draw comes together after the group phase? In previous years the format meant that you could meet the same opponent in the group phase, and then again in the quarter-finals. So winner of Group A would face the runner-up in Group B in the last 16, and then the winner of that tie would face either the Group A runner-up or the Group B winner in the quarter-finals. I think there was some chat about changing it so you wouldn’t meet the same opponent again until the final, but I’ve not seen any confirmation around this.

Kempton 14:20 Aimeric 100/30 Hills

Southwell 19:25 Sardinian Warrior 10/11 Hills

Newcastle 17:45 Project Geofin 2/1 Bet365

I’ve just seen that Bunting has withdrawn - so at least we’ll have a different runner-up today !!!

Southwell 20:15 Jalaybee 9/2 Hills

Final Players Championship of the season today, I’m hoping to finish on a high with one of these … Dobey 20/1 Rock 28/1 Clemens 125/1 O’Connor 200/1 Scutt 200/1

Oh, just seen the draw, Menzies first round … could have been kinder.

Yeah, best 180 hitter on tour for a while wasn’t he. Not sure if he’s close to that sort of form, but given all the big names are missing and he’s started to play a bit better, 175/1 seemed big odds.

I was out the country over the weekend, so missed most of the European Championships, sounds like it was an eventful tournament !!! Good luck with your selections today Fader, I’ve gone with: Nijman 25/1 Ratajski 80/1 Joyce 80/1 De Sousa 175/1 Scutt 200/1

Kempton 18:30 Coup De Force 11/2 Hills

Good luck with your bets guys. As well as Pietreczko (300/1), I’ve gone with Van Veen (125/1), Schindler (50/1) and Wright (55/1).

Wolverhampton 18:45 Gifted Angel 8/1 Hills

With the conclusion of the Euro Tour over the weekend, the draw has been finalised for the European Championship Finals that start on Thursday, and a few of the bookies have got some prices up. The one that stood out to me at the prices was Ricardo Pietreczko. His form has been Ok of late, and the tournament is being played in his home country of Germany, so I was expecting to see prices around the 100/1 mark for him. So was pretty shocked to see SkyBet open up at 300/1 - so I’m having a bit of that.

Southwell 19:45 Eagle Angel 100/30 Hills