Darts: Premier League 2011 Outright bets

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As it says on the tin guys. We'll have a thread for outright bets and then we'll have threads each week for the weekly stuff. I remember between the darts crew on PL we bagged some tasty outrights in this tournament last year and I'm sure we'll do it again over the next 14 weeks. I'm looking forward to this tournament. With the 8 players involved this has the makings of being the best ever I think. Fire away gentlemen :ok.

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Re: Darts: Premier League 2011 Outright bets 2 outrights for me. I think I'm going to play the outright market in play so to speak as I did last year. 3pts A.Lewis Most Reg.Season 180's 11/4 Skybet Taking this bet with Skybet who are regular season only as opposed to Betfred who are paying out on the whole tournament. Working out possible playoff scenarios for the sake of 0.75pts ain't really worth it. I think this market is a match between Adrian Lewis and Gary Anderson. Whitlock is the only other one I'd have considered but he is too inconsistent whereas the two I've mentioned score heavy and consistently. So with this a two horse race in my mind it's worth looking into them in more detail. Lewis outscored Anderson in the world final which took some going and he's got the Premier League experience which could be a big factor. The crowds this tournament are played in front of are large and very vocal and take a bit of getting used to. Lewis knows how to work them now but with him being world champion I think he'll look to show those big crowds that he's a worthy world champion. There ain't a lot between these two in the 180 hitting really but with Lewis likely to be more at ease in the surroundings I'll take him to hit the most regular season 180's at 11/4. 1pt J.Wade to finish bottom 10/1 VC This isn't a bet I like to take but I think it offers a good deal of value. James Wade looks like he's fallen out of love with the game a bit at the minute. That defeat to Scott Waites or more the manner of it seems to have hurt him and hurt him a lot. Since then he's lost to Mensur Suljovic in the World Championship and then looked totally disinterested in the Players Championship finals. He was involved in an epic final of this last year but he only had 2 draws and 3 defeats from his first 5 matches but managed to make the playoffs. There's no weak player in this field though and if he starts badly again he could be playing catch up which will be nigh on impossible given the strength of the field. On his day Wade is a great player but we've seen him have spells when he isn't completely there and he's had his issues with the crowds in this event before too which may not help him. Terry Jenkins is a short priced favourite for this market but we saw with Ronnie Baxter last year that doesn't necessarily ensure the result. Jenkins is always competitive in matches and will win games he's not expected to. There were worrying signs in Doncaster last weekend for Wade fans I think and at 10/1 I'll take the Hampshire left hander to prop up this stellar field once the 14 weeks have been completed.