Premier League Darts: Playoffs

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Thursday 19 May 2011	Player 1	Player 2	BPP
	Taylor, P v Lewis, A (19:00 BST)	1.16	7.2	99.61 %
	Van Barneveld, R v Anderson, G (19:30 BST)	2.5	1.7	98.82 %

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Re: Premier League Darts: Playoffs Just the one for me in the semi finals. 4pts R.Barneveld to beat G.Anderson 6/4 Skybet This price is too big on Barneveld for me. When he's in the right mood he's still the second best player in the world and we've seen in the majority of this event that he's in the right mood at the minute. It's not just his results which have impressed through the majority of this tournament but it's how relaxed he's looked along with that. He made an interesting quote about needing knockout darts to play his best stuff and I wouldn't necessarily disagree with that. We've seen in events like the Grand Slam and the World Cup that he's struggled in group matches but when we go to the knockouts it's game on as his record in the UK Open, Matchplay and World Grand Prix would suggest. For as much as I love watching Gary Anderson as a darts player and how I'm certain he'll become the best player in the world in time the facts are he still can't hit a pressure double with regular assurance to save his life. He's one of those few players who if they have one dart at a double for a 3 dart combo you expect him to get it but when he has 3 for a double you don't. I'm sure Anderson will come out with a barrage of 180's as is his ultra strength but Barney has hit an insane amount of 140's in this tournament and they will keep him in the legs and if it comes down to a straight shootout on the outer ring there's only one winner and he doesn't wear a kilt and talk with an accent nobody can understand. The general consensus is Anderson will outscore Barneveld which he'll have to do and ok he's hit double the 180's in the tournament that Barney has but Barney leads 233 to 195 on ton plus shots and an incredible 139-113 on 140+ shots so it's not actually a given Anderson will outscore him. I think Barney's scoring perfectly well enough to stay in this one and I think at 6/4 he's one of the best bets of the tournament here especially when you factor in he's already won their two league meetings. I wouldn't have Barney too far off being favourite here so 6/4 is huge. This could be as short as 11/10 or even Evs when they start their walkons but I'm more than happy to get stuck into the 6/4.