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4pts England to win The Ashes 6/4 Bet365
1pt England to win Ashes 3-1 8/1 Bet365
1pt Stokes top England batsman (Series)  9/1 coral

NZ I hate you! of all the teams I liked the look of and the prices they were at and I choose these two chuckle brothers. 2-0 up and throw it away. 3 darts at double top and end up needing D7. utter dross.
only plus side is that all the outright bets look to be through to the last 16. 

My preview of tomorrow's England / Malta match - https://www.punterslounge.com/football-news/malta-vs-england-tips-16-06-23/
I've had a small bet on England to win 3-0 in this one. Malta, despite being minnows, tends to not get thrashed a lot. I still can't see Malta scoring though. The other bet that I've gone for and one that I like more is Over 1.5 goals in the first half and England to be leading. I think they'll grab a couple of goals in the first half and then another in the 2nd half. Good luck all. 
5.5pts England to lead at HT and Over 1.5 goals 10/11 Bet365
2pts England to win 3-0 9/2 Bet365

I'm going to take NZ to beat Latvia tonight. NZ have Warren Parry and Ben Robb. In my eyes, they are better than Latvia's pair of Razma and Zukovs. Razma is better than Parry and Robb but if we talk purely in teams then I believe the better team is NZ. 
I'm taking the 4/1 on 4 teams all to win without dropping more than one leg. All four of those teams I expect to win well. Little added bonus if they can all win 4-0.
2.5pts New Zealand to beat Latvia 11/10 william hill
2pts Belgium, Australia, Canada & ROI (-2.5 leg handicap) 4/1 Skybet
0.5pts Belgium, Australia and ROI all to win 4-0 18/1 Skybet

 

I’m not usually a big fan of the World Cup, but I think the format changes (particularly doubles matches only) will be good for the tournament, and I’m looking forward to this renewal.
Going on current form it’s easy to see why Wales are the strong favourites, Price and Clayton are good friends and both in pretty decent form, but they seem short enough in the betting. The price for the Netherlands to win has been pushed out in the last 24 hours due to van Gerwen’s withdrawal, and I’m happy to leave them alone, I think I read somewhere that van Duijvenbode is carrying a bit of an injury and he didn’t impress in the recent Players Championship events.
That leaves England and Scotland as the main contenders. Gary Anderson has been in fine form recently, including a win on the floor this week, but at the same events Wright was pretty awful. It would be typical for Snakebite to turn up for this event, but I’m going to just side with England. Michael Smith and Rob Cross reached the final of this event in 2020 and both come into this with recent wins under their belts. Smith won on the ProTour on Monday and Cross won his first ever Euro Tour event just three weeks ago. Their price has been trimmed in a bit recently, but at 100/30 I’m hoping Bully Boy and Voltage can win it for England, for the first time since 2016.
Those are the four favourites, after that the prices jump up to around 20/1 for the likes of Germany, Australia and Belgium; and it’s the German team that make most appeal. On their day Gabriel Clemens and Martin Schindler are a match for anyone, and it’s only six months ago that Clemens reached the semi-final of the World Championship. The other thing in their favour is home advantage, I think this could be the year the German pair make their presence felt on the World Cup stage.
Of those at bigger prices I think the Canadian pairing of Jeff Smith and Matt Campbell could go well. They find themselves in a very winnable group alongside India and Hungary and will expect to make the last 16 quite comfortably. Smith had a fine US Darts Masters a couple of weeks ago, whilst I always feel that Campbell plays better than his results suggest.
For my final outsider I was going to plump for either the Philippines or the Czech Republic, unfortunately they’ve been drawn together in the same group, but given you can get the Asian pair at 500/1, I’ve decided to stick a few pennies on them. Christian Perez does hold a PDC tour card after winning it at Q-School earlier in the year, but the first time we’ve seem him on the main circuit was earlier this week when he reached the quarter-finals of the floor event on Monday, included in that run was a win over Rob Cross. His partner is Lourence Ilagan who currently tops the Asian Tour money list this year and is always a player I enjoy watching.
 
3pts England @ 100/30 (Bet365)
1pt e/w Germany @ 20/1 (General)
0.5 pts e/w Canada @ 80/1 (General)
0.5 pts e/w Philippines @ 500/1 (Coral / Ladbrokes) 
 
(@Fader Just realised that we’ve gone with very similar selections - let’s hope we’re both celebrating come Sunday night) 

Here's what I'll be going with : 
3pts Koepka 12/1 betvictor
1pt e/w Hovland 16/1 Bet365 (8 places, 1/5)
1pt e/w Conners 66/1 Betfair (12 places, 1/5_
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0.5pts e/w M.Pereira 80/1 Paddypower (10 places, 1/5)
0.5pts e/w Theegala 70/1 WillHill (10 places, 1/5)
0.5pts e/w Min Woo Lee 80/1 WillHill (10 places, 1/5)
 
0.5pts e/w Decheambeau first round leader 45/1 Bet365 (5 places, 1/4)

I've read in terms of the weather that it looks like it will get firmer later in the afternoon and be best to play in the morning. With that in mind, I'm taking 2 first-round leaders and they're both teeing off at the start of the day. One I've mentioned is Dechambeau, who I can't see winning the event but he just has such power and he's already shown in the last major that he can go out and strike early, as a first-round leader.
The other one I'm going with is Wise. Wise, is also very long and was the joint top first-round leader back in 2018/19. He then didn't compete until last year and he got a 68 in the first round. Two shots back from the '1st round leader'. His recent form has been poor but I'm happy to take a punt on this one. 
I'm also tempted by Koepka first-round leader but having him as outright, I don't want all my eggs in one basket.
0.25pts e/w Wise first round leader 190/1 Coral (boosted from 150/1)  (7 places, 1/5)

4.00 newb 
Persuasion  8.4 11/2 
Lyndon b  8.2 15/2 
These 2 are a little clear of rest so I'll try 5pt ew both and forecasts 

That was a really entertaining game last night. One that Croatia should have won in normal time. I was completely wrong on the unders but hopefully, Croatia go and win it. At least for Modric, who is possibly going to retire after the final (from international football)
My preview of tonight's second semi-final - https://www.punterslounge.com/football-news/italy-vs-spain-tips-15-06-23/
I'll be taking both teams to score tonight. We've seen this happen in 4 out of the last 6 between the two. I also think Italy are value. Spain has won just 1 match in the last 5 now. I've gone for BTTS and Italy to win.
5.5pts Both teams to score 8/11 Bet365
2pts Italy to win and BTTS 13/2 Bet365

This gets going tomorrow then (15-18th June) 
They've expanded it. 4 teams are seeded and through. They are England, Holland, Scotland and Wales. The other teams will be chosen with a group structure. 3 teams to a group. The top team goes through. No single matches, just teams playing the one-off match. So you need a good TEAM. I.e, Portugal is not a good selection with one good player (no offence to Portugal).
The draw is random after the seeds (Last 16) and I'm yet to discover if it will be teams only in the knock-out stage or if there will be singles, also. So if anybody knows that, please let me know. 
MVG was supposed to be in this event but he has pulled out. Anderson is in for Scotland, which probably makes Scotland's price big. However, Wright has been woeful recently. I'm going with the following :
10pts staked
2pts e/w Scotland to win WCOD 8/1 skybet
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1pt e/w Germany to win WCOD 20/1 Bet365
1pt e/w Australia to win WCOD 25/1 coral
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0.5pts e/w R.Ireland to win WCOD 66/1 Bet365
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0.25pts e/w Canada to win WCOD 80/1 Skybet
0.25pts e/w Phillapines to win WCOD 500/1 coral
 
 
 

DVD will come in for Holland. Wales are an obvious front-runner but better value elsewhere for me. Agree with Australia. I had them last year too. Whitlock wasn't playing well at the start of the World Cup last year, also. Some players just love playing in this event and it raises their game.
If i could only have 2 picks then Germany and Australia at those prices would be it.

Yep, Anderson makes the final, goes 5-1 up and 7-6 up and loses 8-7. Standard eh?
Pietreczko should have made the semi final, too.
2nd day as usual, PP have limited to 2 places so im going to go for big outsiders here.
9pts staked
1.5pts Dobey e/w 28/1 paddypower
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0.5pts e/w Gilding 66/1 Paddypower
0.5pts e/w Clemens 80/1 Bet365
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0.25pts e/w Schindler 100/1 Bet365
0.25pts e/w De Deker 125/1 Paddypower
0.25pts e/w S.Williams 150/1 Paddypower
0.25pts e/w Pietreckozo 150/1 Paddypower
0.25pts e/w Scutt 175/1 Paddypower
0.25pts e/w Lauby 175/1 Bet365
0.25pts e/w Slevin 200/1 Bet365
0.25pts e/w Veenstra 250/1 Bet365
 

Back for 2 more European Tour Players Championship events today/tomorrow, in Germany. 4 places with PaddyPower so today I'll be going for the following : all lower stakes on the first day. 10pts staked
1.5pts Anderson 20/1 Paddypower
1pts e/w Ratajski 50/1 Bet365 (2 places, 1/2)
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0.75pts e/w Van Veen 50/1 Paddypower (4 places, 1/4)
0.75pts e/w Gilding 66/1 Paddypower (4 places, 1/4)
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0.5pts e/w Pietreckzo 66/1 Paddypower (4 places, 1/4)
0.5pts e/w Schindler 100/1 Bet365 (2 place, 1/2)
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0.25pts e/w S.Williams 125/1 Paddypower (4 places, 1/4)
0.25pts e/w Veenstra 125/1 Paddypower (4 places, 1/4)
0.25pts e/w Woodhouse 125/1 Paddypower (4 places, 1/4)

This event is shorter and to be honest, there isn't a huge amount of value in it. I'll take one from the top and one from the bottom.
1pt e/w L.Humphries 9/1 paddypower
1pt e/w Van Den Bergh 14/1 Bet365

Epsom 235 
All the Kings men  8.9 11/2 
Rhoscolyn    8.7  6/1 
Gona have a bit of fun and back these 2 in ew doubles with Derby top 2 rated... arrest and the Foxes....10pt ew doubles ...would be nice payout if comes off ....

Event 2 lots of value gone from players I wanted today so I looked further afield for some value :
2pts R.Hull 12/1 Bet365
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1pt R.Parsons 16/1 Bet365
1pt Thomond 25/1 Bet365
1pt O.Sykes 33/1 Bet365
1pt J.Cooper 50/1 Bet365
1pt B.Hall 66/1 Bet365
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0.5pts O'Kane 80/1 Bet365
0.5pts L.Pinches 80/1 Bet365
0.5pts Samuel Stevens 150/1 Bet365

50/1 winner. Awesome stuff from 17yr old Liam Pullen to get a tour card. Along with Pagett, Ursenbacher and Higginson. 
Event 2 tomorrow. 

50/1 winner. Awesome stuff from 17yr old Liam Pullen to get a tour card. Along with Pagett, Ursenbacher and Higginson. 
Event 2 tomorrow. 

Over the next couple of weeks, we have two Q-School events. Event 1 starts on Friday and runs through to the last day of May. Then Event 2 kicks off on June 1st and finishes on 6th June.  
There will be 8 tour cards up for grabs in these 2 events. The four semi-finalists will all get a card. The rest of the placings are made up for the best-performing players over those 2 events. i.e., frames won. 
My event 1 bets : 

2pts F.Patrick to win Event 1 7/1 Bet365
1pt H.Pinhey to win Event 1 9/1 Bet365
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0.5pts C.Totten to win Event 1 40/1 Bet365
0.5pts L.Pullen to win Event 1 50/1 Bet365
0.5pts Curtis-Barrett to win Event 1 50/1 Bet365
0.5pts R.Powell to win Event 1 150/1 Bet365 
 

Another European tour Grand Prix type event kicking off today. Here is what I'll be going with  as what I see as some value.
3pts Chisnall to win 12/1 william hill
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1pt e/w Heta to win 25/1 paddypower
1pt e/w Dobey to win 40/1 paddypower
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0.5pts e/w Gilding to win 66/1paddypower
0.5pts e/w Van Veen 125/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w Gurney 175/1 paddypower
 

It's Finals night.
Just 4 remain with pre-tournament pick Clayton taking on Price. Michael Smith taking on MVG and then we'll see the final of the 2023 Premier League.
I'm effectively on Clayton to beat Price at 5/1 here so I will leave that match alone but I will take Smith to beat MVG and hit the most 180s in the match, also. MVG had injury concerns last week and withdrew to allow Van Den Bergh to go on and win the night. He then didn't look too great in the Players Championship events. Meanwhile, Clayton won one of those events, which bodes well for pre-tournament backers.
I feel like Smith wins this evetn as of right now but hopefully Clayton can atleast make another Premier League final.
2pts Smith to beat MVG and hit most 180s 7/4 Bet365

Alvarez 23/10, Mahrez 4/1 and Foden 3/1. Anything possible but be a shock not to get a winner from at least one of those. 33/1 the brace for Mahrez too.

There was a few more I liked with 4 places but I don't use wh much 

Well done for yesterday!! Today, William Hill offers 4 places.😊😊

De Decker all the way to the final. OOOOhhh 175/1
What's that by 4? 43ish/1?