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I'm not sure that will ever happen again. Both on 9 Darters. MVG misses and Smith hits it. Incredible.

Oh Michael Smith you absolute legend!

15/2 winner Michael Smith. So so deserving and he's beaten a very good MVG there and even come back from 2-0 down in the last set. Amazing.

haha, I'll do whatever I have to, to make Smith win    
what a gent MVG is in defeat.

Man, watching this from Vancouver Canada I was so excited and entertained. I cant even imagine what it must feel like to be there live. The atmosphere is just incredible.

Should be a great final. I am still confident mvg wins in this form but if smith turns up again it could be close. If I wasn’t already on mvg I would be tempted to go for outside bet on smith but I will stick with my evens bet on mvg. Not sure what else to bet on for final apart from maybe fun bet on the 9 darter, also some double check outs to happen each set all small stakes. 
 
nine darter 12/1 
if any one to get a nine darter it’s these two. 
double 16 check out each set 26/1
double 8 check out each set 100/1
mvg utilised this side of board well last night and was only the last set he never hit a double 16 and he did have an attempt at it. 
 
double 20 check out each set 6/1
double 10 check out each set 40/1
both players like double tops and with especially smith ending up more often than not on double 10 I think worth a small punt. 

You would have to say that MVG is a big favourite but you never know in a final. Smith would need to hit a 100+ average though, I reckon. He has done that though in 2 of the last 3 matches and the third being that Bunting match where perhaps there was a reason for it. Importantly, too, is that he has beaten averages of 97 from Clemens and also 97 from Bunting. Where as MVG has beaten averages of 96, 91, 90 in the last 3. It should be a completely different match tonight to the players that MVG has walken over previously. MVG has smashed everybody with 100+ averages but I have a feeling it wont be a huge average from him, this time.
Let us also remember that Smith has won the last 3 head-to-heads, which included beating MVG in a Final. The US Masters final. I know that's completely different to the Championship Final but it does give Smith abit more belief with winning big ranking events, finally.
I'll be going with the following. Although I have an outright bet on Smith and so just small stakes on these couple. Also worth mentioning the bet that was shared from @davegfor MVG to win the tournament, hit a 170 and a 9-dart finish. The 170 has been hit so if he gets a 9-dart finish tonight, that 66/1 looks on. Good luck with that.
2pts MVG to win the match, Smith most 180s and MVG highest checkout 9/4 skybet
2pts MVG (-2.5 set handicap), each player 13+ 180s and both to hit 2+ 100+ checkouts 4/1 skybet
 

Alexei Popyrin to beat Marcos Giron at 1.80 with William Hill
While Giron struggled to get past the aging force that Gasquet is nowadays, Popyrin beat FAA 2-0, improving his season record to 3-0 in the process. The Aussie has a lot to prove this year and, given his form book, I would really have him at 1.66 here instead of 1.80. Good luck and Happy New Year everyone!

Looking even more like MVG to win outright now with price out. I think VDB provides a better performance against him tho than dobey tonight. Smith dosnt look great but maybe he kicks in and and least makes final but won’t be surprised if clemens wins.
double clemens +3.5 @ 1.44 and VDB +4.5 @ 1.4
total odds 2.02 with sky bet 

Dont know if this bet is still
available but saw Felix at 16-1 for most season aces.Finished second to isner last year .Isner was +150 and thats 0 value with his wrist injury recovery.Felix will go deep in tourneys this year and even though Big John led with half the matches played as Felix no way hes serving at 100% all year.Plus hes admitted to only playing certain tourneys at his age.

58 per cent finishing Bunting yesterday. Chizzy has been so unlucky with the performances against him this tournament. Gilding come out flying against him too. 

Could I have 50-50

so close to the afternoon treble. I must admit I thought it would come in but Rock performed well and will now have a great chance of going deep. Van Den Bergh wins the 4/5 and for once, abit of luck the other way as Clayton wins the match treble 7/4 with the last 3 darts. Although anybody following may have seen another 180 last 3 darts for Dolan as he went T20-T20  
all in all I can't complain too much but I just felt Aspinall would win that.

Anyone see any value to win the united cup?Mixed gender with more points you get for beating a higher ranked player.So alot of juicy points for the 3rd  singles player to get a scalp here playing a #1.More so than usual.We got see some upsets.
Aussies have a very good doubles team with Peers/Stosur..Savvy vets..And of course Nick should carry the load with Alex..Home cooking crowd support..Could make an argument they should be the favorites ..6-1 looks like a good bet
 
thoughts? 

I didn't fancy Clayton on the 180's and heading into what turned out to be the final set he was behind on them.

Yeah, I meant did you follow the game, not the bet. Clayton hit an absolute ton of 140s as usual but yeah, lucky last 3 dart checkout.

Sometimes it's such fine margins. 100's, 140's and 180's thrown were very similar and Dolan actually averaged higher than Clayton but Clayton checked out slightly better and that was the difference. 4-1 to Clayton was harsh on Dolan I reckon.

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas guys. Looking forward to tomorrow when it all gets abit more serious. Some great match-ups tomorrow. I'm going to have a look at them properly today. Now I've calmed down from that Ricky Evans 180 last 3 darts.  

I feel your pain my dude. Evans the <insert expletive>, unbelievable! 

I like the looks of Huybrechts against Wright. Wright is not at his strongest and Huybrechts lives for encouters with very good players. His odd for +2.5 sets is boosted on BetFIRST to 1.90.
I also like the odd for Dimitri Van den Bergh to have the highest checkout. He managed to make a 164 finish in the first round and his first dart was always solid, obviously needed for a 100+ checkout. Ratajski winning this market would be a big surprise for me. odd of Dimi is 1.71 on BetFIRST.
Last one, I would want Van Barneveld to win against Price again, which he did already 3 times in a row this year. However, it still seems tricky to bet on a win this time. I would prefer asian handicap on sets however 1.46 for +2.5 sets on BetFIRST seems to short for me. Anyone another idea on this one?
 

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Win or lose, thank you very much as always. We always appreciate your opinions and predictions. Thank you for your time. Wish you all a Joyful Christmas filled with love, warmth and laughters.x

It'll even out but then I know you know that. Appreciate your insights @Fader have a good Christmas - if you're celebrating it.

Ugh, I hate to moan about luck but losing some of these bets to last leg and TWO times tonight last 3 dart 180s are driving me insane. Bad beats galore.
Atleast Clayton didn't let me down.