2008 PDC World Darts Championship

[stereoman]

Last year's thread was a cracker...will this year's provide such spills and thrills!? :loon Schedule of play: http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/WorldChampsDetail/0,,10180~1177387,00.html Planet Darts' World Championship page: http://www.planetdarts.tv/page/WorldChamps/0,,10180,00.html Preliminary Round Draw: Akihiro Nakagawa (Japan) vs Anthony Forde (Barbados) Rizal Barellano (Philippines) vs Miloslav Navtratil (Czech Republic) Alan Bolton (New Zealand) vs Erwin Extercatte (Holland) Ashfaque Sayed (India) vs Shi Yongsheng (China) First Quarter: Phil Taylor (1) vs Michael van Gerwen Adrian Gray (32) vs Mark Walsh Andy Jenkins (16) vs Rizal Barellano/Miloslav Navratil Alan Tabern (17) vs Per Laursen Roland Scholten (8) vs Matt Clark Mervyn King (25) vs Michael Rosenauer Wayne Mardle (9) vs Ray Carver Wes Newton (24) vs Jamie Caven Second Quarter: Peter Manley (5) vs Toon Greebe Alan Warriner-Little (28) vs Ashfaque Sayed/Shi Yongsheng Colin Lloyd (12) vs Jan van der Rassel Denis Ovens (21) vs Colin Monk Terry Jenkins (4) vs Kirk Shepherd Mick McGowan (29) vs Jason Barry Barrie Bates (13) vs Gerry Convery Colin Osborne (20) vs Alan Bolton/Erwin Extercatte Third quarter: Raymond van Barneveld (2) vs Akihiro Nakagawa/Anthony Forde Bob Anderson (31) vs Jason Clark Kevin Painter (15) vs Gary Mawson Chris Mason (18) vs Steve Brown Adrian Lewis (7) vs Dave Askew Vincent van der Voort (26) vs Jelle Klaasen Dennis Priestley (10) vs Steve Maish Wayne Jones (23) vs Tony Eccles Fourth Quarter: Andy Hamilton (6) vs Leroy Kwaidjk Alex Roy (27) vs Warren Parry John Part (11) vs Charles Losper Andy Smith (22) vs Mensur Suljovic James Wade (3) vs Steve MacArthur Steve Beaton (30) vs Steve Evans Ronnie Baxter (14) vs Dan Olson Mark Dudbridge (19) vs Steve Hine FORMAT First Round - Best of Five sets, best of five legs per set Second Round - Best of Seven sets, best of five legs per set Third Round - Best of Seven sets, best of five legs per set Quarter-Finals - Best of Nine sets, best of five legs per set Semi-Finals - Best of Eleven sets, best of five legs per set Final - Best of Thirteen sets, best of five legs per set There will be a tiebreak rule employed in all matches Ladbrokes' match odds plus schedule of play: Monday 17th December 2007 (4 x First Round) 7pm: Alan Tabern 4/9 vs 13/8 Per Laursen 8pm: Adrian Gray 10/11 vs 4/5 Mark Walsh 9pm: Wayne Mardle 4/11 vs 2/1 Ray Carver 10pm: Colin Lloyd 1/7 vs 4/1 Jan van der Rassel Tuesday 18th December 2007 (4 x First Round) 7pm: Roland Scholten 1/5 vs 10/3 Matt Clark 8pm: Peter Manley 4/11 vs 2/1 Toon Greebe 9pm: Phil Taylor 1/6 vs 7/2 Michael van Gerwen 10pm: Mervyn King 1/7 vs 4/1 Michael Rosenauer Wednesday 19th December 2007 (2 x Preliminary Round + 8 x First Round) Afternoon Session ~ 12.30pm: Akihiro Nagakawa n/a vs n/a Anthony Forde (P) 1.00pm: Rizal Barellano n/a vs n/a Miloslav Navratil (P) 1.30pm: Wes Newton 2/5 vs 7/4 Jamie Caven 2.30pm: Denis Ovens 4/11 vs 2/1 Colin Monk 3.30pm: Mick McGowan 4/7 vs 5/4 Jason Barry 4.30pm: Barrie Bates 2/7 vs 5/2 Gerry Convery Evening Session ~ 7pm: Bob Anderson 8/11 vs 'evens' Jason Clark 8pm: Terry Jenkins 1/14 vs 13/2 Kirk Shepherd 9pm: Chris Mason 4/9 vs 13/8 Steve Brown 10pm: Kevin Painter 1/3 vs 9/4 Gary Mawson Thursday 20th December 2007 (2 x Preliminary Round + 8 x First Round) Afternoon Session ~ 12.30pm: Ashfaque Sayed n/a vs n/a Shi Yongsheng (P) 1.00pm: Alan Bolton n/a vs n/a Erwin Extercatte (P) 1.30pm: Andy Jenkins n/a vs n/a Rizal Barellano/Miloslav Navratil 2.30pm: Wayne Jones 8/11 vs 'evens' Tony Eccles 3.30pm: Andy Hamilton 1/8 vs 9/2 Leroy Kwadijk 4.30pm: Alex Roy 4/11 vs 2/1 Warren Parry Evening Session ~ 7pm: Dennis Priestley 4/11 vs 2/1 Steve Maish 8pm: Adrian Lewis 1/9 vs 5/1 Dave Askew 9pm: Raymond van Barneveld n/a vs n/a Akihiro Nagakawa/Anthony Forde 10pm: Vincent van der Voort 5/6 vs 5/6 Jelle Klaasen Friday 21st December 2007 (8 x First Round) Afternoon Session ~ 1pm: Alan Warriner-Little n/a vs n/a Ashfaque Sayed/Shi Yongsheng 2pm: Colin Osborne n/a vs n/a Alan Bolton/Erwin Extercatte 3pm: Andy Smith 4/9 vs 13/8 Mensur Suljovic 4pm: Steve Beaton 2/5 vs 7/4 Steve Evans Evening Session ~ 7pm: Ronnie Baxter 2/9 vs 3/1 Dan Olson 8pm: James Wade 1/20 vs 15/2 Steve MacArthur 9pm: John Part 1/10 vs 11/2 Charles Losper 10pm: Mark Dudbridge 4/9 vs 13/8 Steve Hine

[Sharpe1ne]

Re: 2008 PDC World Darts Championship Well there's a few that catch my eye but i'm having a blast on this one whilst i can still get the price. Andy Smith V Mensur Suljovic Suljovic to win 10 Pts Blue Square 9/4. Purely a bet on recent form.Mensur at the weekend had a cracking day at the German Players Championship last weekend in the 1st round beating Michael Van Gerwen 3-1,2nd round Yves Cottange 3-1,3rd round Dennis Priestly 3-2 and the 4th round Jan Van Der Rassel 3-0 before he came up against Wayne Mardle who won 3-1. Andy Smith on the other hand was beaten in the 1st round by Tomas Seyler 3-2 and that's not going to put a lot of confidence in his game. We know a lot of upsets happen in this tournament and with a price like this i've got to take it.