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Best wishes to everyone for Christmas and the New Year.
May it be a better one generally and a successful one from a punting perspective! 

Well said @StevieDay1983 and I must echo your sentiments regarding Punters Lounge and it's members.
A big thankyou from me to all the moderators and key contributors to the site.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

Hello everyone,
All of us here at Punters Lounge would just like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy New Year! We think we can all agree that this year has been a very difficult one for us all and, in particular, this forum community.
We had to say goodbye, in tragic circumstances, to two beloved individuals who played a major part in making this site what it is today. Site owner Paul Ross, aka Sir Puntalot, and Graham Sarson, aka BillyHills, will never be forgotten and their legacy will live on through this site and the people that both work here and post here.
As we enter a new year, we’d like to say thank you to all of you members who have helped to make this forum a haven for friendly chat, sharing tips, and a place for escapism during these dark days. It gives us hope that the coming year can offer more optimism, positivity, and exciting times. Activity on the forum is growing stronger every day and it’s a delight to see the many brilliant interactions between our members.
Nobody knows what the future holds with the coronavirus pandemic but it’s heart-warming to see that we have a community here that is full of kind, generous, humorous, and likeable members. It’s a forum we should all be proud to be involved in.
Here’s to every single one of you that visit here, post here, and contribute to making Punters Lounge the place that Paul and Graham always wanted it to become. We are looking forward to see what 2021 brings!

A simple premise, as of 1st Jan I'll start posting an indicative stake for all the selections I post on here (whether in a personal quest or the thread for a specific sport) and I'll track the performance in here so I know whether or not they've been profitable.
I've been posting a few more footy bets lately and, after a bit of a barren spell, have found a few decent winners. Rather than having a general sense of my posted bets doing well or badly I thought I'd track them so I know for sure. 
I'd expect them to be profitable over the course of a year (ever the optimist) but will expose the performance for all to see either way. 

Not the best day, yesterday. Good to see Van Den Bergh and Van Duijvenbode both perform though. -13.5pts
It's a hard one to call today in alot of the matches. Here is the first session :
R. Evans Vs M. Mansell
G. Anderson Vs M. Razma
S. Bunting Vs A. Boulton
M. Suljovic Vs M. Edgar
The Evans/Mansell match could go either way. You would have to think Gary wins even with an injury. I will take Anderson to win. Bunting/Boulton could also be a close one but you would think Bunting comes through with the scoring. Even though he can be abit erratic. Suljovic should also come through although we've seen some shocking performances from Mensur recently.

2pts Anderson, Bunting, Suljovic and Evans all to win 5/1 paddypower
1.5pts G.Anderson to win 3-0. Hit 3+ 180s and a 120+ checkout 7/1 skybet

As last year there will be a Christmas Tipsters competition.
There is racing on terrestrial TV for 4 days from boxing day onwards so I suggest we use these for the competition. At the moment this gives us 30 races.
Rules:
1 selection per race throughout the competition Bets settled to £1 level stakes - WIN Only Bets settled at SP Highest accumulative total over the competition wins £60 cash (via PayPal) Runner Up wins £25 and the third place wins £15, all prizes via your PayPal account No edits allowed in selection posts Losses incurred for losers - this is a change to the previous rule which I believe gave an unfair advantage to those picking long odds Replacement selections for NRs can be posted but must be before the first race deadline All Bets must be posted prior to the first race each day (no exceptions) Not compulsory to enter everyday or every race (so if you miss the first day or two you can still take part) Leader-board posted each evening All welcome, good luck.

Ugh, Lewis was utter dross. Can't even be bothered. You're right. Countess times you see somebody on 25 from a missed bull miss the 2 darts at a double after the other play pressures with a big score. Shouldn't even be an argument. 
evening session :
D. Noppert Vs C. Carolissen
D. Petersen Vs S. Lennon
R. Cross Vs D. Van Duijvenbode
D. Van Den Bergh Vs P Lim
Not a whole lot of time for a decent preview of tonight's action. I'm going to take Lennon as an outsiders bet tonight. Petersen has been brilliant this year but I think he may struggle with doubles tonight and Lennon looked plenty good enough in his last round. Lennon has won both head-2-heads too.  Although only one was in the last year. I'm going to take Petersen to win the 180 battle but Lennon to come through.
I expect Van Den Bergh to come through with ease and much the same from Noppert. The Cross match could be a close one. I'll hope for Dirk for my quarter bet.
5pts D. Noppert to win, most 180s and highest checkout evens paddypower
1.5pts Van Den Bergh, Van Duijvenbode and Lennon to win 7/1 paddypower
2pts S. Lennon to win and both players to hit 4 180s 8/1 paddypower
2pt Noppert to win/most 180s/highest checkout, van den bergh to win/most 180s/highest checkout & Over 8.5 180s Petersen Vs Lennon 5.5/1 paddypower
 

Another full day of Darts today. Here is the afternoon matches :
B. Dolan Vs E. Foulkes
J. Cullen Vs W. Jones
S. Whitlock Vs D. Labanauskas
A. Lewis Vs D. Baggish
I think Dolan comes through today, He's actually had a pretty good year and I think much like Cullen in the second match, he should outscore his opponent. That is the theme for 3 of these 4 matches. Perhaps all 4. One should outscore the other.
The one that I give a chance to though, is Labanauskas. He is a real strong finisher and if Whitlock has one big weakness, it's his finishing. He can hit 110 averages but he can also take 12 darts to hit D1. 

2.5pts B. Dolan (Most 180s and win the match) 7/5 paddypower
2pts S. Whitlock to get the most 180s but LOSE the match 3/1 paddypower
2pts Dolan, J. Cullen and A. Lewis to win and hit the most 180s 6.5/1 paddypower
2pts S. Whitlock and A. Lewis to win, most 180s and highest checkout 15/2 paddypower
0.5pts Dolan 3-0 / Cullen 3-0 / Lewis 3-2 40/1 paddypower

PDC World Champs bets +23.5pts
Darts 2020 +145.5pts

1745 result: Silent Revolution 1st. Won £40
Profit to date £720.04

White lets us down abit but the double comes in for +4.5pts. It was 50/1 tonight for all players to hit a ton out. Juicy.

Some gamble on Termonator but thank the lord he got up. Would have been rueing another late faller with Always Tipsy sadly coming down when looking the likely winner. A place for El Hombre too but just missed out with The Good Ting who lost his place before finishing well for a very close 4th.

Just the one session today and it kicks off at 6.15pm. Here's today's matches :
K. Ratajski Vs R. Joyce
I. White Vs K. Huybrechts
G. Price Vs J. Lewis
G. Clemens Vs N. Kurz
It will be interesting to see if Kim Huybrechts keeps up the standard he showed in his first round match (104 average) He will face Ian White. White has beaten him twice already in 2020 and won the last 3. It really depends on Kim. He has the ability but he is another one that goes very "hot and cold" and rarely sticks two performances in a row together. The Ratajski Vs Joyce match could also go close. Ratajski isn't in the best of form and Joyce is somehow still here despite multiple match darts against him. Their  last head-to-head went to a deciding leg and it could once again be a tight one. I'd favour Ratajski and White to come through though.
I expect Price to beat Lewis. Lewis would need to play like his did in the latter stages of his previous match and to be consistent with it. I'm not sure that solid scoring will be able to stand up to Price coming back at him. Price beat Lewis 6-3 in their last head-to-head and has won the last 3.  In the final match, much will depend on Clemens. He can rapid score and beat anybody but his form after the World Cup has dipped alittle and although I think he can get through against Nico, Nico has the ability there, for sure.
2pts Price, White and Clemens to win 5/2 paddypower
2.5pts Price & Clemens to both win and hit the most 180s 13/5 paddypower

PDC World Champs bets +19pts
Darts 2020 +141pts

1743 result: Moon King 1st. Won £40
Profit to date £680.04

Something really strange going on in the league this season. Most teams are defending quite poorly.
Man City are winning ugly, not playing particularly well.
Tottenham are playing Jose negative ball, which is a style that just does not suite a squad full of excellent players. Open the gates, let them play. DO you really want Kane and Son tracking back ... or scoring goals? Last two games 4 goals conceded just 1 scored. Forget Mo's comments on the Liverpool game. They were dominated and deserved to lose it.
Man United had a dream game against Leeds. The 2 goals in 5 minute start settled the game, and made Leeds chase. Perfect! But at least Ole did not go defensive. I think he knows that they can't defend, and the best form of defense is attack.
Liverpool, even without van Dijk, look like the best defensive team of the top 5. 
Chelsea have an unbelievable squad, full of quality, but they are not good defensively. They keep giving up sloppy goals, and dropping points that they should not. Can they keep a clean sheet against West Ham today. Methinks not!  I quite like the away double chance on West Ham today.

1742 result: Real won 3-1.  Won £80
Profit to date £640.04

Hope so, mate. Stick around for 2021  

Yep, no Snooker now until Jan 10th, when we have The Masters at Ally Pally.
level in this tournament for me. +228.50pts for 2020 Snooker 
I'd take half of that profit next year.

Ugh, that's annoying. I expected much better from VVDV and less from Meulenkamp. 
K.Brown Vs R.Meikle
J.De Zwaan Vs R.Searle
J.Clayton Vs J.Henderson
I like Searle and Clayton tonight. I don't know too much about Carolissen and the Brown Vs Miekle match will depend on which Miekle turns up. The one hitting 100 averages now and again at the home tour or his normal 80-85 average. It's probably worth taking Meikle with Keegan Brown so busy with his "other job", away from the Darts. I'll take Clayton on the handicap. I've been looking to oppose Hendo with somebody who can do the business and Clayton is most certainly that player.
*update - Kleermaker withdrawn *
3pts R.Meikle to beat K.Brown evens bet365
6pts J.Clayton (-1.5 sets) to beat J.Henderson 5/6 bet365
3pts R.Searle to win and both players to throw 4 180s 3/1 paddypower
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1pt accy - Meikle to win and most 180s / Searle to win and most 180s / Clayton -1.5 sets 17/1 paddypower

I’ve over slept again and missed out on the early match. I’ll take the following with the main player I think will win today being Vincent. I can see him winning 3-0
2pts Van Der Voort, Lowe and Kuivenhoven to all win 3/1 paddypower 
5pts Van Der Voort (-1.5) sets to beat Meulenkamp 11/10 paddypower 
2pts Van Der Voort to win, most 180s and highest checkout 4/1 paddypower 

1741 result: Nelson Gay 1st. Won £80
Profit to date £560.04

cheers hopefully jf i can get a couple a month could be nice little profit in a few months .

another good day

1739 result: 1-1.  Won £72.73
Profit to date £580.04

The second Semi-final gets underway at 7pm and we've got Jack Lisowski against Mark Selby for the right to play Judd Trump in the final. I actually thought that Selby should have won by more against Vafaei. He has got to be feeling jaded recently, with so much Snooker being played. Much will depend on whether this is a free scoring match or if it's a batters match and it's all about safety play. It's a "first to 6" match and that's a decent amount of frames to rule out too much luck.
Selby tends to always allow players in and sometimes he is reactionary as opposed to a Judd Trump who will just go all out to beating a player 6-0. I think Lisowski can atleast get 4 frames tonight.
5pts J.Lisowski (+2.5 frames) to beat M.Selby 4/5 paddypower
0.75pts M.Selby to beat J.Lisowski 6-5 13/2 paddypower
Grand Prix bets -3.25pts

King, Waites and Lennon all win for the 16/5 treble coming in. I didn't have a chance to watch any darts this afternoon but the Waites match sounded brilliant.
Evening session :
A.Hamilton Vs N.Kurz
A.Boulton Vs D.Hedman
D.Heta Vs D.Baggish
MVG Vs R.Murray
I like Nico Kurz as a player. Much like the Callan Rydz mold he scores well and is an exciting player to watch. The Hammer has been here and got to a major final here but he isn't the player he used to be and I would fancy Nico in that first match. Boulton would be my choice in the second match. He has been ripping it up in the home game setup recently. Heta would have to be a big favourite against the underrated Baggish and ofcourse MVG should see things through without too much hassle against the inexperienced Murray.
I already have a couple of trebles and such open above but I'll also take the following :

2pts N.Kurz to win the match, most 180s and highest checkout 13/2 paddypower
2pts A.Boulton to win the have the highest checkout, FIRST 180 and LAST 180 9/4 paddypower
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2pts MVG, Heta and Boulton to win 3-0 11/2 skybet
1pt MVG, Heta both to win 3-0 and checkout 100+ 10/1 skybet
0.5pts Kurz, Boulton and MVG all to win, hit most 180s and highest checkout 40/1 paddypower
 
PDC World Champs bets +30pts
Darts 2020 +152pts