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that's a nice price.
 

Not sure if it appeals but Hills have doubled Smith & van Gerwen both to win their QFs and hit a 100+ checkout from 3/1 to 6/1.

I haven't been too excited about the PL recently. Hence, the lack of bets on it. It doesn't seem like the best of value from a betting perspective. I'll have one for tonight though and that's Aspinall to beat Dobey. I'll give a 4-fold accy a try, too. 
5pts Aspinall to beat Dobey 4/5 bet365
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2pt 4-fold - Smith, Aspinall, MVG and Price 5/1 paddypower
2pts Van Gerwen and Price both to hit 2+ 180s and each to hit a 100+ checkout in QF match 5/1 skybet

Freiburg v Stuttgart (over 2.5) @ 1.85
Mainz v Augsburg (over 2.5) @ 1.73
RB Leipzig v Union Berlin (over 2.5) @ 2.05
5 points Treble

Bochum v Hertha Berlin (over 2.5) @ 1.80
Wolfsburg v Freiburg (over 2.5) @ 1.80
Union Berlin v Hoffenheim (over 2.5) @ 1.91
6 points Treble

once again, sorry for formatting. 
Congratulations once again to BBBC, who wins the World Cup tournament. Also congrats to the rest of the top 4, who receive a prize. Please PM me your Paypal details
1 - BBBC (£80)
2 - Catijohn (£60)
3 - Alley Cat Glover (£40)
4 - tonythepaint (£20)

With a week to go until the big one, thought I'd post my thoughts and a few bets ahead of the World Championship that starts on Thursday December 15th.
 
Top 7 in the betting
 
Michael van Gerwen (11/4 Betway, 5/2 General)
Van Gerwen comes into the World Championships as favourite, and in my eyes is the most likely winner of the event. His form towards the back end of the season has been excellent, winning the Grand Prix and Players Championship Finals and reaching the quarter-finals of the Grand Slam. Earlier on in the year he also captured the Premier League and World Matchplay, and having looked a bit vulnerable for the last couple of seasons, he looks like he is on his way back to his best. His record at the World Champs is impressive, three titles (2014, 2017 & 2019) and runner-up twice (2013 & 2020) in the last ten years. The last six players to beat him at Ally Pally have had to average in excess of 100 to beat him – so you have to play very well to defeat him in this event. Van Gerwen had to withdraw from the event 12 months ago due to Covid, I reckon he takes all the beating this time around.
 
Gerwyn Price (6/1 General)
Gerwyn Price comes into Ally Pally as the second favourite and number one seed, but I’m finding it a bit difficult to read his form right now. A finalist at the Matchplay earlier on in the year, he reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix but exited in the first round of the European Championship and Players Championship Finals. As a former winner, the ‘Iceman’ has to be respected, but I don’t think he’s playing his best right now. I suspect Price will go fairly deep in the tournament, but I don’t see him winning it this year. 
 
Michael Smith (8/1 Unibet, 15/2 General)
‘Bully Boy’ finally captured his first TV Major at the Grand Slam of Darts last month, and his second might not be too far away. Even before the Grand Slam, Smith was having a decent season, reaching the final of the UK Open and European Championships as well as winning three Players Championship events and one European Tour event. His record at the World Championship over the last four years has been feast or famine. Early exits in 2020 and 2021 are sandwiched by appearances in the final in 2019 and 2022. In last year’s final he averaged over 99 and led Peter Wright 5-4, before Wright played some spell-binding darts to reel off the final three sets. With the added confidence of his first TV major, Smith has every chance of going all the way this year.
 
Peter Wright (11/1 General)
It’s not been the best of years for Peter Wright, and that’s before we take a look at his results on the dartboard. An operation over the summer ruled him out of World Series events in Australia and New Zealand, and whilst he bounced back to win on the European Tour in September, he’s been hit by further setbacks with the health of his wife. As a result ‘Snakebite’ pulled out of the Players Championship Finals so his preparation hasn’t been ideal, and with matters off the oche rightly his priority at the moment, Wright doesn’t appeal this time around. As defending champion Wright could make the 11/1 quotes look massive come the New Year, but equally it wouldn’t be the biggest shock if he lost on the opening night and prioritised his personal life over Christmas.
 
Luke Humphries (14/1 General)
Luke Humphries comes into the World Championships as a major threat in my opinion. ‘Cool Hand Luke’ won four European Tour titles earlier in the year and has followed that up with semi-final appearances at both the Grand Slam and Players Championship Finals. His record at the World Championships is also pretty good, a quarter-finalist in three of the last four seasons – and he’s arguably playing much better coming into the tournament this time around than in previous years. Unfortunately, Humphries is in the same quarter of the draw as Michael Smith, but Humphries is up to number five in the World now, you don’t get there without performing consistently well in the big events.
 
Josh Rock (16/1 General)
I’m a big fan of Josh Rock and what he’s achieved this year, but can’t help feel the hype surrounding the young Northern Irishman has bought his price in too far, and he’s become unbackable for me now. This has been Rock’s debut season on the PDC Pro Tour and in the second half of the year he’s played some incredible darts, consistently averaging in the high 90’s. Parallels are being drawn to when Rob Cross burst onto the scene in 2017, but in that season Cross reached the final of the European Championship, two European Tour events and won four Players Championship events. In comparison Rock has won one Players Championship and didn’t progress past the second round in any of the big tournaments towards the back end of the year. There’s no doubt ‘Rocky’ has had a great debut season, but at odds of 16/1 he’s not for me this time around. (Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross and Danny Noppert have all reached major TV finals and plenty of floor finals this year, and can be backed at twice the odds of Rock).
 
Jonny Clayton (18/1 General)
Jonny Clayton has had another decent season in the non-ranking events, but he’s disappointed in most of the big ranking events recently, losing out in the second round of the Grand Prix, European Championships and Grand Slam. In the most recent tournament, the Players Championship Finals, he made it through to the semi-finals, but his level seems to have dropped compared to the last couple of years. His record at the World Championship doesn’t inspire confidence either, having never made it to the quarter-finals in six attempts.
 
A few others at bigger prices
 
Rob Cross (33/1 General)
It’s been a bit of a mixed bag this season for Cross, disappointing in most of the big TV majors, but then last time out making the final of the Players Championship Finals. Away from the big stage, he’s reached the final of three European Tour events and picked up two titles on the floor in the Players Championship events – so there are signs Cross could do some damage at Ally Pally. He seems slightly over-priced at 33/1, but being in the same quarter as van Gerwen has dampened my enthusiasm for ‘Voltage’.
 
Nathan Aspinall (40/1 Unibet, 33/1 General)
Aspinall has had some injury concerns over the last 18 months, so it’s pretty impressive that he’s bounced back to reach two major finals this year; runner-up to van Gerwen at the Grand Prix and to Michael Smith at the Grand Slam. Aspinall has also reached five finals on the floor this season, more than any other player, winning two of them. ‘The Asp’ has also reached the semi-finals at Ally Pally in two of the last four years, so knows what it takes to go deep in this tournament. The draw could have been kinder to Aspinall, Rock or Callan Rydz in round three, and then seeded to play Clayton in round four and Wright in the quarter-finals, but I’m not ruling out another good showing from Aspinall.
 
Beau Greaves (400/1 PaddyPower)
I won’t be backing Beau Greaves, even at 400/1, but I’m hoping she can shake things up a bit at Ally Pally this year. The 18-year-old has been sensational in the PDC Women’s Series this year, she’s won the last eight events in the series to qualify for this event, a total of 52 consecutive matches. Whilst the quality of opposition clearly isn’t as good as on the main PDC Pro Tour, that takes some doing. Across those 52 matches she’s averaged 85.8, but in many of those games her average would probably have been higher if she’d have been pushed a bit more. An indication of how she can perform was seen in final of the penultimate Women’s Series event, where she beat Fallon Sherrock 5-3 and averaged close to 108. She’ll surely have the Ally Pally crowd behind her, and whilst she won’t be carrying my money, she will have my support – until she faces Michael Smith in the semi-final ?.
 
So it’s Michael van Gerwen and Michael Smith to win the title. I can’t ignore the chances of Luke Humphries to have a deep run, and will take a chance on Nathan Aspinall to see off the highly fancied Josh Rock early on and reach the semi-finals.
 
Michael van Gerwen to win Outright 5 pts @ 11/4 Betway
Michael Smith to win Outright 3 pts @ 8/1 Unibet
Luke Humphries to reach Quarter-Finals 5 pts @ 6/4 PaddyPower
Nathan Aspinall to win the Third Quarter 2 pts @ 9/1 BetVictor

very odd, that. Sorted. Will be on the next update.
Thanks

Stuttgart v Bochum (over 2.5) @ 1.73
Koln v Augsburg (over 2.5) @ 1.67
Union Berlin v Dortmund (over 2.5) @ 1.85
0.87 points Treble

There's nothing I like in the earlier matches but in the evening there is 2 i like. One is Bunting beat Gurney. Bunting looked good at the Grand Prix and gave MVG a hell of a game, with MVG on absolute fire. If he plays like that then he beats Gurney.. The other that I'm going with is Barry to beat Rowby Rodriguez. I think Barry has so much talent and so does Rowby but Rowby's form is just short of Keane's in my opinion and I think Barry can go deep in this tournament if he plays to his potential
6pts Bunting to beat Gurney 5/6 willhill
4pts Barry to beat Rowby Rodriguez evens bet365  
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1pt 4-fold - Bunting, Barry, Brown & Rock 9/1 paddypower (money back if 1 loses)

Back to the Darts again then, this weekend, with the Gibraltar Open. As usual today, it's the first round matches. Second round tomorrow and then Sunday sees the final rounds. Including the final. The draw is in and I'm going with the following 
1.5pts e/w Aspinall to win 18/1 bet365
1.5pts e/w Chisnall to win 25/1 bet365
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0.5pts e/w Rock to win 66/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w Barry to win 80/1 paddypower
 

Well here we are at the end of the whole football year after a very enjoyable 10 months of competitons.  Thank you to everyone who has taken part over the 4 seasons, your participation and contributions are much appreciated. ⚽
Our final week of the season produced a healthy weekly profit although only 18 winning bets, and there are some movers at the top of most of the Divisions.  Overall we are in deficit, but 34 players ended up with an individual profit, well done to you all. 
Bet of the week and also biggest profit goes to @Budgie 65 with an 11.5/1 treble followed by @MacPhisto's 8.5/1 treble and then @BARNSLEYCHOP and @PercyP both around 8/1.
Congratulations to all our Division winners and to our worthy overall leader @andellio who extended his lead with another winning bet making it 7 out of 8 winning weeks
Not sure if we have anything in the pipeline for the Summer but I will see you for the new season in August
Tables coming up in the next post 

Stuttgart v Koln (over 2.5) @ 1.40
Union Berlin v Bochum (over 2.5) @ 1.53
Mainz v Frankfurt (over 2.5) @ 1.44
10 points Treble

another night of Darts, tonight. This time we're in Glasgow. Wright takes on Anderson and that's going to be a show stopper with the crowd. However, I can't see how Wade is 9/1 to win the night when he has won last week and beaten Clayton, MVG and smashed Price. Normally, when Wade starts giving it the "I am" like he has done this week then his level drops but nevertheless, he needs to beat Clayton, Wright or Anderson and then the winner of the other half in a potential final.  9/1 too big for me.
2pts e/w Wade to win the night 9/1 paddypower

So in terms of outrights I'm not sure there is much value. I think Clayton has a good shot over the longer format but I'm not going to bet on the outright market. If you want an outright pick that is very likely to come in BUT have to wait until the end of the tournament then surely Smith to get the most 180s is a sure thing at 5/2. 
Anyway, tonight... 
Clayton Vs Cullen
Price Vs Wade
Wright Vs Smith
MVG Vs Anderson
I think the first two are wins for Clayton and Price. I'm not keen on backing Wade this event atall. I don't think his scoring is good enough against these boys and he's only winning matches where the other player is below par. Price isn't looking fantastic by any means but I think he wins that and I think on his Premier League debut, Cullen is going to be nervous. I think Clayton wins, too.
Wright Vs Smith is the big 50/50 because if Wright sticks with the pointless new darts then I fancy Smith but I have a feeling he will go back to the Worlds winning ones. Makes it a hard match to call. MVG/Anderson looks like an MVG win but Anderson may turn up tonight. Largely depends on his mood. 
We will see how Week 1 goes with the players to know how to bet in the following weeks so I'll just take the following for tonight.

3pts Clayton to win Week 1 5/1 skybet
2pts Clayton -1.5 handicap / Smith win and most 180s / Price & MVG 13/1 betfair
 

The Premier League is back and it starts as early as this Thursday, with a brand new format and a format that now makes it much better for betting on because they've finally got rid of the dreaded draw option.
The line up is confirmed and Joe Cullen gets a place thanks to his recent first tv event. One I was suprised with is James Wade. I mean, Gary Anderson shouldn't really be there either but he's Gary Anderson and I can understand that they want that Scottish rivalry too. No idea why Wade is there. Personally I would rather Van Den Bergh, who was only 2pts shy of the play-offs last year
Line Up :
Clayton
Wright
MVG
Price
Wade
Smith
Anderson
Cullen
So the new format is now each week it's like a mini-event, where the 8 players are in a "Quarter Final" from the off, The 4 winners make a semi-final and then the final ofcourse. Each winner of the event that week gets 5pts and wins 10 grand. The losing finalist gets 3pts and the other 2 semi-finalists get 2pts. End of all the events we then can create a league with those points.
Matches will be a best of 11 and so the "first to 6" which is MUCH better than those pesky draws which take away the value of the pick.
Picks to come.
 

Leverkusen v Hertha Berlin (over 2.5) @ 1.50
Dortmund v Leipzig (over 2.5) @ 1.53
50 points Double

Thank you very much for your hard work

division5 was strong! I finished 6th with an amount that wouldve got me top 3 in most leagues! Great effort @avongirl and everyone involved 

Thanks for running this competition so efficiently @avongirl

Thank you Avongirl ???

Thanks for running this nice competition admin! 

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Thanks to all Admin. Eight more weeks and you get a little break. ?