World Matchplay

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This gets underway Saturday through to the 24th.

Tends to be a player who has consistency to win this, as it's a "first to 10 legs" round 1 format, "First to 11" round 2 and then into a best of 32 legs, 34 and then 37 in the final. 

We've seen MVG, Taylor, Anderson, Cross, Van Den Bergh and Wright win this in the last 6 renewals and that shows the quality level of the winner. Very much like a "Masters" of Darts. 

I think Peter Wright will win this one. He has had a pretty rubbish year but when you look at the last couple of Players Championships, you will see him hitting 100+ averages regularly and that's a good sign, here. I reckon he comes into this in a better position than the likes of MVG, Price or Clayton. Will be interesting to see how Smith goes and Van Den Bergh always goes well here. However, his form hasn't been that solid over the last 12 months.

My 2nd "serious" selection is Luke Humphries. He has come into his own in the past 3 months and has won a multitude of PDC events. He needs to hit the ground running here with a big TV win. Both single bets as I don't think the winner will come from the bottom half.

Finally, to add abit of typical high priced options for you, I will give you 1 half decent mid-range shout and that's Danny Noppert. He seems to get better with every event on the TV stage and looks a bit of value at 33s. The other 2 are both 100+/1 shots who are both on fire at the Players Championships. Will they bottle it on the big stage? probably. Are they 100+/1 shots? Nope. Adrian Lewis and Andrew Gilding.

3pts Wright to win World Matchplay 8/1 bet365
2pts Humphries to win World Matchplay 12/1 betfred
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1pt e/w Noppert to win World Matchplay 33/1 betfred
0.5pts e/w Lewis to win World Matchplay 100/1 bet365
0.5pts e/w Gilding to win World Matchplay 125/1 betvictor

 

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1 hour ago, GhostLetter said:

I’m not sure you’ve described the format correctly at all?! It seems a bit all over the place, if that’s the format! Why are some rounds ‘best of’ and some rounds ‘first to’? Also, why are some rounds ‘best of’ an even number, and some rounds ‘best of’ an odd number?

ah yeah, the numbers are wrong on the rounds. Here we are :

Round 1 - first to 10 (best of 19)
Round 2 - first to 11 (best of 21)
Quarter Finals - first to 16 (best of 31)
Semi-Finals - first to 17 (best of 33)
Final - first to 18 (best of 35)