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Crystal Palace (2) 2.60
Man U (2) 1.75
Burnley (2) 3.40
£10 treble please

Can't believe it's been a year already Paul @Sir Puntalot. Hope we're looking after things here OK for you.  Can't wait til everyone can get together to celebrate properly what you did here at Punters Lounge.  ??

Last night, tonight, until May 24th, when we will have the crowds back, too. Here's the line up :
Wright Vs De Sousa
MVG Vs Wade
Clayton Vs Aspinall
Van Den Bergh Vs Anderson
Peter Wright looked to have a shoulder injury last night. Either that, or he was pretending because he was so cr*p. De Sousa absolutely bottled it against James Wade and did some right stupid things as usual, on the board. His scoring lets him get away with it alot of the time but stupid things like going D20 last dart when needing 80 and then missing and putting pressure on the next throw and hitting 72. D18/D18 is just stupid.
I think based on the shoulder injury and Wright looking quite poor recently, De Sousa is worth following along with Aspinall and Van Den Bergh in my eyes. Both looked awesome in their match and although Van Den Bergh won, it could have gone either way. Anderson looked better lastnight but let's be honest. It was purely because he had no pressure on the doubles.
5pts De Sousa to beat Wright and hit most 180s 6/5 paddypower
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2pts De Sousa, MVG, Aspinall 8/1 paddypower
1pt De Sousa, MVG, Aspinall and Van Den Bergh 20/1 paddypower
 

sure, no probs

No joy lastnight. Tonight's line up :
Aspinall Vs Van Den Bergh
Wade Vs De Sousa
Anderson Vs Wright
MVG Vs Clayton
I think De Sousa is worth a continued support. Wade played OK against Clayton and was ahead but his scoring just good enough and De Sousa will have that in abundance. I also fancy Clayton. Mainly because MVG tends to have one bad performance after every good performance. 
5pts De Sousa to beat Wade evens boylesports
2.5pts Clayton to beat MVG 21/10 888sport
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2pts Van Den Bergh, De Sousa and Clayton 11/1 betway
1pt  Van Den Bergh, De Sousa, Wright and Clayton 22/1 boylesports

I think the price on Wade looks a spot of value. Wade beat Clayton 7-2 only a matter of weeks ago and Clayton's level has been abit "up and down" in the last couple of Premier League fixtures. Wade has hit 100+ averages in his last 4 game weeks. De Sousa is also worth backing in my opinion. De Sousa is playing some awesome stuff at the moment and whilst Anderson beat De Sousa at night 2, it was a bedding in period for De Sousa. I think it's a big night for Peter Wright, who will need a win really, to kick his campaign back off.
4pts J.Wade to beat J.Clayton 7/4 bet365
2pts De Sousa and Wright to win 10/1 paddypower
1pt Wade, De Sousa, Van Den Bergh and Aspinall 35/1 skybet

 

Gets going again tonight. Tonight's matches :
Clayton Vs Wade
De Sousa Vs Anderson
Van Den Bergh Vs MVG
Wright Vs Aspinall
 

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Both lose and so money will be split. Both of you win £125. Well done. Please send me a message with your paypal details and also your address for the PL Merchandise. Well done once again. 
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1.5pts Murphy to pot the first ball, most centuries and win 10/1 paddypower
1pt Either player to make 5 centuries 16/1 paddypower

Typical Selby. Bingham should have made that 16-16. So frustrating.
I fancy Murphy in the final. The scoring difference between the two is pretty big and if Murphy can limit the amount of grinded out boring frames where Selby uses his gamesmanship then Murphy could win this
4pts S.Murphy to beat M.Selby 13/8 bet365

both come in. Come on Bingham, 2 frames in a row needed, now.

The big fight tonight is Del Boy, Chisora against Parker. I am going to take 2 bets for tonight. I am going to take Parker on points, firstly. Chisora isn't known for being knocked out and Parker doesn't have a huge amount of power, really. I can see a real close fight and i'll also have a small point on the draw, also. A draw would keep both fighters career going just abit longer
4pts Parker to beat Chisora by points or decision 7/4 skybet
1pt draw 22/1 paddypower

I won't go too mad with the Bingham match, but I do like 2 for today. One is Murphy to beat Kyren Wilson. Kyren didn't need to be that great in beating Robertson, who always seems to struggle at the Crucible in the last 5 years or so. I'll take the bang in-form Murphy, who just looks his old self up there.
I'll also take a boosted one from paddypower. Basically, all 4 semi-finalists to get 2 centuries. Could happen today, let alone whole match.
5pts S. Murphy to beat K. Wilson 11/10 bet365
4pts Selby, Bingham, Wilson & Murphy all to hit 2 centuries each 11/8 paddypower

Semi-finals, then :
Bingham Vs Selby
Murphy Vs Wilson
Would have to make Selby fav now. Murphy is playing some great stuff, though. Bingham/Selby gets underway tomorrow, 1pm. Murphy match kicking off at 7pm.I'm going to have a look at a bet tonight. I can definitely see centuries tomorrow. Come on Bingham!

Smith won the 2nd event, yesterday. 3rd day picks are as follows :
2pts N.Aspinall to win Day 3 10/1 paddypower
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0.5pts e/w L.Humphries to win Day 3 25/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w R.Smith to win Day 3 80/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w J.Lowe to win Day 3 150/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w J.Wattimena to win Day 3 150/1 paddypower
0.5pts e/w S.Lennon to win Day 3 200/1 paddypower

Yeah, a good win on Mark Williams. Hawkins bottle went once again, once he got back to level. Allen is back to 2 frames away and Bingtao is now 10-6. The handicap bet is out of the picture, but wouldn't surprise me if that ended close.

De Sousa does the business and thrashes Humphries in the final, 8-1. 10/1 winner. Lennon got close, also. +12pts, Day 1
Super Series bets +204.25pts
Darts 2021 +210.25pts

Robertson wins 13-9 to just about cover the handicap and also the 9/4 comes in. I was very tempted to go with Allen today, but I have him in an outsider accy and ofcourse on the outright and so I don't want to get too involved. I will take Bingtao to beat Murphy though. Murphy isn't the player of old and his love for Snooker just doesn't seem there over the past several years, really. He can still mix it with the top 32 but you feel like, if Murphy dropped off tour, he would never attempt to get back on, in my opinion.

4pts Y.Bingtao (-3.5 handicap) to beat S.Murphy 9/4 paddypower
3pts M.Allen and Y.Bingtao both to win 4/1 paddypower

Some nervy snooker at the start of that match but Robbo came out of it 5-3 up and with a big high break of 135. Anybody following the bet, it's currently 2-2 on 50 breaks. Today sees one of the outright bets play in just over an hour as Hawkins takes on Kyren Wilson, whilst Ronnie continues his match against McGill, locked at 4-4. If we take out events such as the Championship League, Kyren Wilson holds a 4-3 head-to-head overy Barry over the last 4 years. Kyren beat Barry 13-11 at the 2019 Worlds and between then and now, there has been two deciding leg matches (4-3 Barry, Paul Hunter Classic and 4-3 Kyren, Scottish Open)
Interestingly, Barry was 4-0 and 6-1 up, in 2019, in a match that gave 9 centuries.
I think Barry is worth a bet here. Kyren went 5-1 down to Gary Wilson in the 1st round and then turned on the magic. Hawkins had a nice round 1 match, as Selt never turned up. Barry did manage 2 centuries though. I'll take Barry to get a good lead on his Birthday.
5pts B.Hawkins to beat K.Wilson 6/5 paddypower
4pts M.Williams to beat J.Higgins 11/8 paddypower
1pt accy - Hawkins, Williams, Allen & Bingham 17/1 paddypower (money back if one leg loses)

2nd round starts today, as Ronnie takes on Ant McGill, at 1pm. The other 1pm match is Murphy/Davis finishing up. Selby's match against Maflin tinishes tonight and Neil Robertson gets his 2nd round match against Lisowski started. I'm quite tempted to go with McGill with a starting handicap, but he's never beaten Ronnie and I get the feeling that he would bottle it, if he got a few frames ahead. I will take Robertson to beat Lisowski, with a handicap, though.
I was put off of Robertson in this event, because of his pretty awful recent record, here. I still am not sure if he's going to win it, but he does look like he's come to play, here and I can see him getting through Lisowski without too much fuss. I was tempted to take Carter against Lisowski, but something told me not to. Robertson beat Jack 10-5 in the recent Tour match and 11-4 in the 2019 China Open, so he knows how to beat Lisowski in the longer formats. He also has a head-to-head record of "Played 10, Won 10"
6pts N.Robertson (-3.5 frames) to beat J.Lisowski 5/6 paddypower
4pts N.Robertson to have highest break, most 50 breaks and win 9/4 paddypower
1pt R'O'Sullivan to beat A.McGill 13-8 or 13-9 paddypower 4/1

No centuries in the Williams match either so I guess it's comforting not to have lost out to one poor match, with the best of 25's and longer we're pretty much guaranteed a century in every match from now on!

No joy lastnight. Tonight's fixtures :
Cross Vs Aspinall
Anderson Vs Van Den Bergh
MVG Vs De Sousa
Wade Vs Clayton
Wright Vs Durrant
Cutting it abit fine and so here's what I'll be going for
 
5pts Van Den Bergh to beat G.Anderson 11/10 skybet
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2pts Aspinall, Van Den Bergh, De Sousa and Wright 14/1 paddypower (money back if one loses)
2pts Wright, Clayton and Van Den Bergh 11/2 paddypower
1pt Aspinall, Van Den Bergh, De Sousa, Wright and Clayton 31/1 paddypower

Glad to see Bingham make it through. Allen also, with Hawkins in the lead, for the outrights.
 

De Sousa wins to pretty much make it an even round. Tonight's line-up :
Durrant Vs De Sousa
Cross Vs Van Den Bergh
Aspinall Vs Clayton
Wright Vs Wade
MVG Vs Anderson
I am going to take De Sousa to win again tonight. Durrant has improved here and there, but last thing you need when you're low on confidence is a power scorer. I'll take him to win and hit the match treble. We normally see a win from Wright after a loss and I think in Wade, he has a good chance with his better scoring. Finally, I think Anderson has every chance against MVG. 
5pts De Sousa to beat Durrant, most 180s and highest checkout evens paddypower
5.5pts Wright to beat Wade 10/11 betfred
2pts Anderson to beat MVG 5/2 paddypower
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3pts De Sousa to win and most 180s / Van Den Bergh / Wright / Aspinall (DNB)  8.5/1 paddypower (money back if one loses)
1pt big accy - Van Den Bergh / Aspinall / Wright / Anderson 33/1 betfair