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This is very impressive from Littler so far. Will be surprised if Campbell wins a set at this rate. Total domination from the youngster at the moment. His finishing is top notch and almost every throw is 100+.

Cross got the job done against a dangerous opponent. Both played very well at times. Standard certainly higher than Chizzy's game.

I'm on the 'most 180s ever' bet, which whilst still looking good, I could have done with a few more sets this evening, these 3-0 matches don't help very much! 😁

Glad to see Littler get through, albeit in a less impressive way than last time out. Gilding really should have taken another set, enjoyable match though. Wonder how the bookies will respond to this less stellar but effective nonetheless performance from the young lad.

Outstanding debut for the young lad. Lashing in the 180s and his finishing was among the best we've seen so far. His odds have come in to 14/1 in places! Intrigued to see how far he gets though after such a blistering start.

Phew! Anderson threw in two hundred plus finishes in the final set to take the full house but this wasn't a vintage Gary performance by any stretch of the imagination. He'll need to up his game if he's going to go deep in this tournament. Whitlock played very well I thought, deserved a set for sure, he almost took out 130 to make it 2 sets to 1, which would have made things very interesting, but it wasn't to be.

I have a few quid on Anderson for the full house at 2/1 (special) vs Whitlock with Paddy Power. Although it's limited to ten euro stake unfortunately. I don't rate the Aussie too highly these days.

Aye Barry can be very hit and miss. Also plays well in spurts then falls off the wagon completely. Against MVG I wouldn't be surprised if he comes out all guns blazing and wins the first set, then gets destroyed for the remainder of the match! 😆

Some interesting bets on offer here, that middle special at 125/1 isn't impossible, even the 400/1 is worth some loose change.

You're referring to Bunting here I take it? (just to be sure)

Yeh unless Anderson or a rejuvenated Michael Smith makes the final, it's difficult to see who beats Humphreys to most 180s.

In the meantime, this is worth a listen 🙂

I know it's a couple of weeks away yet but the draw has been made and markets are open. One that interests me is the record for most 180s to be broken at 4/7 with Paddy Power. Extra incentive for the players as for each 180 scored, a grand will be donated to prostate cancer research.

Unbelievable, I bet on the first and skipped the second 🤦‍♂️🤣 Not too bothered overall though as got on a nice PP footie special which has me back in the black 👍

that first bet particularly looks very likely 👌

Humphries most 180s and to win looks good to me - 4/7 with SkyBet

Cheers Fader, I checked the stats just now and Heta isn't playing much better, looking at his averages and checkout rate, but yeh I agree he's the more likely winner here. Shame Searle is playing Humphreys as his stats are very good right now, but Luke could well outlast him tonight.

Anyone see how Heta played earlier? He's playing Dolan and Brendan knows he was very lucky to squeak through. Major bottlejob from Maik, he had several match darts but lost his nerve. Dolan stayed the course but you couldn't say he played well really. If Heta is playing half decent he should beat Dolan with a few legs to spare.

What a shame Van Veen couldn't hold it together for the whole match, after being 5-1 up and comfortably the better player til that point. Presumably he got nervous as his scoring and finishing went right down after that and it was just a matter of time as to when Wade would overhaul him.

Yeh MVG was hitting 140s for fun. Ricardo just too inconsistent tonight unfortunately. And MVG could have won by more if he hadn't gone for that fancy D19 D19 finish! 😆 He's coming to the boil at just the right time is Van Gerwen.

Very good call shame I didn't follow you on it! (although I do have an outright on Van Veen). Gian played very well aside from a lean spell in the middle of the match. His finishing was excellent, on this form he'll be hard stopped.

Only caught the last frame but Sijun was making uncharacteristic mistakes. Wakelin let him in and Sijun was in position to win the frame but stupidly took on a tricky middle pocket shot and ballooned it off the edge of the pocket after getting out of position and that was enough to hand the match to Wakelin. Poor stuff from the young Chinese.

Dobey was solid enough, some good moments and a few lowlights too but did what he needed to do. Hard to judge him him though when the opponent played so shockingly bad.

Chizzy bringing a new level of ineptitude to his match against Dobey. Plays some great darts early doors then throws away a golden opportunity to go 3-0, and proceeds to lose the next six legs in a row! 🤦‍♂️ Embarrassingly poor from the Chizmeister.

Arghh I missed the outright bets by minutes, play had already begun by the time I got online. Nonetheless great work again @Fader!