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Huh, Ratajski-Clayton could turn out to be ugly... 
I actually think Van Peer at 3,75 might be of some value here against Heta. He already beat two decent players, and the pressure is on Heta. And two sets by Van Peer seems to be realistic to me, so I like over 5,5 sets at 1,93.
And yes, Jim Williams has to show more of that recent PC form of his, or he might be out...
In the HUGE evening matches, I actually like both Bunting's and Dobey's chances...
 

Damon Heta to Win v Berry van Peer & Raymond van Barneveld (+1.5 Sets) v Jim Williams at 10/11 with Paddy Power, seems like it has a decent chance of coming in.
 
 

Damon Heta to Win v Berry van Peer & Raymond van Barneveld (+1.5 Sets) v Jim Williams at 10/11 with Paddy Power, seems like it has a decent chance of coming in.
 
 

A huge evening of Darts tonight with Dobey and Bunting both playing (outright picks). I hope they play to their recent form and don't play the man. We'll be down to just 14 players by the end of the night.
Afternoon matches first and the only one that I'm interested in is Jim Williams against RVB. The winner of that match will face Littler for a chance to make the Quarter Finals.
I expected & hoped for more from Williams than we've seen If I'm honest. Hopefully, he comes out firing tonight but if I had a gun to my head, I'd probably be on Barney. On the front of it, it looks like Williams is flying, with two 3-0 wins and one over Peter Wright. However, he's hit 87.84 and 90.45 averages in those matches and hit just 5 180s in the two matches combined. Barney won 3-1 in his match and hit a 99.81 average; hitting 55% checkout. Barney also won the only head-to-head. Feb this year, 6-2.
We know that every match in this Worlds can be different and this could be a mass of 180s but I think we'll see another tepid display from Jim. Perhaps in the low 90s, and Barney comes through. Hope I'm wrong.

2pts Heta and RVB both win and hit the most 180s 5/1 Skybet
1pt RVB to win 4-1 6/1 Bet365
1pt afternoon treb - Heta win & hit most 180s, < 9.5 180s Ratjaksi v Clayton, RVB win & most 180s 17/2 Paddypower

Of the three, Cullen is the only one playing well, Humphreys was very poor for over half that match and Chizzy wasn't much better. Cullen to win the quarter might be worth a look. 

wow, Bunting is playing again tomorrow. That's a quick turnaround

13/10, 6/4, 10/3 and 10/1 wins today. I thought Humphries was going to hit that 120 with the last 3 darts like MVG did with the 130 yesterday. Interested in the Barney vs Williams match tomorrow. 

I'm probably doing Cullen a bit of a disservice there. He was decent in his scoring. However, it just seemed to me that every time I looked up Searle was missing 6-9 darts for him. 

Of the three, Cullen is the only one playing well, Humphreys was very poor for over half that match and Chizzy wasn't much better. Cullen to win the quarter might be worth a look. 

wow, that's opened the top half

No he can't. Shame. His doubling collapsed in the last two sets.

Fair play to Ross Smith. Was staring down the barrel at what should have been 3-0 Dobey but his doubling has been so good he's still in with a shout here. Can't see him hitting the most 180's but the fact he might win the match is surprising enough after that barrage from Dobey during the first two and a bit sets.

That's the Over 5.5 sets and the 20+ 180s in already. Ross, hit 2 100+ please mate lol

Huge match, as expected.
And congrats Fader!

2.5pts first set double (Bunting win set 1 and most 180s) 13/10 Bet365
2pts Bunting most 180s (vs Hempel) and over 5.5 sets (Dobey v Smith) 6/4 Paddypower
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1pt Bunting and Dobey to win their matches and hit 8+ 180s 5/1 Paddypower
1pt 20+ 180s and 4+ 100+ checkouts (Dobey v Smith) 7/1 Skybet
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0.5pts Both players (Dobey, R.Smith) to hit 10+ 180s & both players 2+ 100+ checkouts each 20/1 Skybet

Campbell upped his game since and Littler's finishing deserted him. He probably should have had the match sewn up at this stage but I'd say this will act as a wake up call for Littler and I think he'll blitz through the next set to win 4-1.

What’s opinion on tonight then? Littler to win and most 180s? I’m also tempted with MVG win but Veenstra most 100+ checkouts at 4/1 with Bet365

Yeah wasn’t impressed with Chizzy at all

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

What's that phrase about cows and banjos  Chisnall takes out 100 in the first set but no more big checkouts and hits the lowest amount of 180's he's probably ever hit in a five set match. Clemens can jog on as well. Could barely hit a 180 in the last round and then turns on the burners when behind against Chisnall in the 180's.

Finally Christmas over and Darts back on.
I like the underdogs in first two games, not only they both been playing well I will never trust their opponents who are always inconsistent. For example chisnall was kind of lucky last round averaging somewhere in the 80s! He is against clemens who was semi finalist last year and who seems to be creeping into form, played well last match and is just overall more consistent. Scott Williams seems to be another player playing himself into form at the right time, he is the less experienced on big stage but no novice and he has the confidence to beat someone like Schindler who has buckled under pressure before. 
 
I will play safe initially playing a handicap double on the +2.5 for both Williams and clemens. Odds around 1.8 (sky bet) almost a cover bet for the following…..
Scott Williams and Gabriel Clemens both to win odds around 5.3 (sky bet) 
probably do single bets and +1.5 handicap too on both. 

great pick that and wow, good spot. That's mad.

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! 😁

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! 😁

I want a Ross Smith-Bunting final!