Darts: PDC US Open

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A new darts event begins on Friday night. The main event will be screened live on Challenge TV on Saturday and Sunday evening. The format is very much like the UK Open.

Best odds/All odds Taylor, P 2.5 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.62 Barneveld, R 4 4 4 3.75 4 Van Gerwen, M 11 11 11 13 11 Jenkins, T 15 15 15 17 15 Hamilton, A 17 21 21 21 19 Lewis, A 21 21 21 21 19 Lloyd, C 26 21 21 21 21 Wade, J 26 23 23 17 23 Osborne, C 26 26 26 29 23 King, M 34 41 41 34 34 Priestley, D 34 41 41 51 51 Bates, B 67 67 67 67 51 Manley, P 67 67 67 51 51 McGowan, M 67 67 67 51 51 Scholten, R 41 67 67 34 41 Dudbridge, M 67 81 81 67 81 Mardle, W 51 81 81 67 81 Mason, C 67 81 81 67 81 Part, J 81 67 67 67 67 Baxter, R 101 81 81 81 101 Carver, R 101 67 67 101 81 Jenkins, A 81 101 101 101 101 Klaasen, J 81 81 81 101 101 Kuczywski, J 101 81 81 101 81 Tabern, A 101 81 81 67 101 Hine, S - 101 101 126 126 Martin, T - - - 126 - Painter, K 126 126 126 126 126 Van Der Voort, V 101 126 126 101 101 Gray, A 151 101 101 126 126 Jones, W 151 126 126 101 101 Mann, J - 126 126 151 126 Newton, W 151 101 101 126 126 Smith, A - 151 151 151 126 Turner, M - 126 126 151 151 Askew, D - 201 201 201 201 Brown, S - 126 126 201 151 Caves, A - 201 201 201 201 Convery, G 201 151 151 151 151 Davis, B - 151 151 201 151 Maish, S 201 151 151 151 151 Monk, C - 151 151 201 201 Ovens, D - 201 201 151 201 Sams, L - 201 201 201 201 Smith, D - 201 201 201 201 Smith, S - 151 151 201 201 Welding, G - 201 201 151 201 Burnett, R - 251 251 201 251 Johnson, D - 251 251 201 251 Lawrence, M - 251 251 151 201 Warrinter-Little, A - 251 251 201 251 Clarke, J - 301 301 301 301 Greebe, T - 251 251 301 301 Holden, M - 301 301 301 301 Honey, D - 301 301 301 301 Ladley, D - 301 301 301 301 Clark, M - 401 401 301 301 Hook, C - 401 401 201 301 Burchell, M - 501 501 201 301 Davies, A - 501 501 201 301 Dowling, K - 501 501 301 301 Latham, D - 501 501 201 301 Palfrey, S - 501 501 201 301 Craven, S - 751 751 201 301 Critchett, I - 751 751 301 501 Each-way terms: 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2 2 at 1/2

I'll take 3 for some interest. Naturally in a field this size it's all minimum stakes. 1pt ew A.Lewis to win PDC US Open 20/1 Bet365 Normally I don't like backing Adrian Lewis outright in a tournament as I think he lacks stamina in a major tournament but this is like most other tournaments in that it's over in a weekend. At the recent International Darts League, Jackpot fared the best of the PDC stars who entered by making the semi finals and played some good darts along the way. It took eventual winner Gary Anderson to stop him in that so that shows Ady is in good touch. He's also got pedigree on US soil having made the final of the World Series of Darts last year and at 20/1 I think he's worth chancing that he carries his form from last week over into this. 1pt ew J.Wade to win PDC US Open 25/1 Bet365 James Wade has been in good nick on the circuit all year. He's won a tournament and finished runner up twice already this year and looked to be playing good darts in Holland last week. We know he can compete on this level thanks to his run to the Matchplay final last summer and at 25/1 I'd go as far as saying Wade is overpriced. On his day he can beat anyone and 2 good days in the US here and he could well be lifting the trophy come Sunday night. 1 longshot now. 1pt ew S.Smith to win PDC US Open 200/1 Blue Square I think Steve Smith is a huge price here. He's shown before on the PDC circuit that he has what it takes to make the later rounds of these open events. He's hit and miss but at 200/1 I'm happy to chance that it's a hit week for him. He's got Colin Osbourne on his board but if he gets going, with so many matches played in a day he could well find himself in the later rounds and from there on it's anyone's. He's got the talent to beat most and if the draw stays kind to him he could just sneak in at a big price.

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Re: Darts: PDC US Open Challenge TV!? How queer. Even more queer is that Sarah Cawood who's hosting and Tony Green's announcing (I'd rather see Sarah Cawood than Dave Clark though! :lol).. The TV ad that's running on there is kinda funny but it's a very knowing nod to Sky Sports' coverage.