Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII

[kevshat]

The tournament itself starts tomorrow night but Skybet have priced up the 2nd qualifier which begins at 8pm tonight (non televised). There's a couple I like. 5pts R.Baxter to qualify 11/10 Skybet Ronnie Baxter is playing some decent darts at the minute. He's been to the quarters and semis of a few floor events this season and on Sunday he made the final of the Vegas Players Championship event where he lost to Phil Taylor. He lost in the 1st round in yesterday's qualifier to Jelle Klaasen but his draw tonight looks a bit easier although he could face Klaasen again in the qualification final. Alan Warriner-Little could be a stumbling block but I believe Baxter's playing well enough to make it into the main draw. 5pts W.Newton to qualify 4/1 Skybet Wes Newton isn't having that good a year but he did make the last 16 at Bolton last month and could've gone further but for walking into Taylor. He likes Las Vegas and has a decent enough record here having been a semi final here previously. He's in a fairly open qualifying section with Mark Dudbridge the chief danger. Wes made the 3rd round in yesterday's qualifying event but with his draw I'm confident he can go 2 steps further and make the main draw. I haven't put prices for the tournament outright up yet because there's still loads of names until after the qualifier tonight. I'm not going to be around during the day tomorrow but I should be able to get my bets on here before the off. Can the 1st one to post after the qualifier copy the outright odds into their post please :ok

[wolves27]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII just seen the draw, but cant get odds at work ;-( so im on 1/2days today so i'll do a write up around 2pm ish great have darts back

[D4ngerous Beans]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII pity can`t seem to find any odds for this on either William Hills or Corals websites , pity as I love watching the Darts :wall Maybe they`ll appear later in the day :hope Yay thats the Odds up on Corals midday wednesday ,

[WoodyTHFC]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII

	Taylor, P	1.72	1.66	1.72	1.78	1.72	1.72	1.72	1.66	1.72	1.66	1.72	1.66	1.66	1.8	1.8
	Wade, J	5	6	6.5	6.2	5	6.5	6	6	5.5	5.5	6.5	5.5	6	6.6	6.6
	van Barneveld, R	7.5	7	8	7.9	7.5	7.5	8	6.5	7	8	8	6	7	8.4	8.4
	Part, J	26	26	29	26	26	29	26	26	26	21	29	34	26	29	28
	Lewis, A	26	26	29	27	26	29	29	34	26	26	29	26	26	30	30
	Hamilton, A	29	29	34	36	29	34	34	34	34	29	34	34	34	42	42
	Jenkins, T	29	29	26	36	29	34	34	34	34	26	26	34	34	42	42
	Lloyd, C	21	29	29	30	21	34	29	41	34	19	29	34	23	34	34
	King, M	41	29	34		41	34	26	34	34	34	34	34	34		42
	Thornton, R	51	41	34		51	41	41	41	34	41	34	41	34		50
	Mardle, W	41	41	41	46	41	51	67	67	51	51	41	67	41	54	55
	Priestley, D	51	51	51	54	51	51	67	67	67	67	51	67	67	64	65
	Klaasen, J	51	41	51		51	51	41	41	34	67	51	51	51		70
	Tabern, A	51	67	67		51	67	51	51	67	51	67	34	41		70
	Scholten, R	51	51	51	54	51	67	51	67	51	51	51	81	51	64	65
	Manley, P	51	51	67	56	51	51	67	51	51	81	67	67	51	68	60
	Walsh, M	81	67	67		81	81	51	51	67	81	67	81	51		80
	Bates, B	81	101	67		81	101	81	101	67	101	67	81	67		100
	Painter, K	101	76	126		101	81	81	81	101	101	126	67	67		110
	Stompé, C	126	67	81		126	67	81	151	67	201	81	126	67		110
	Gray, A	151	101	81		151	126	126	201	101	201	81	151	101		200
	McGowan, M	201	81	101		201	101	126	126	126	151	101	67	101		200
	Maish, S	101	101	151		101	126	101	201	126	401	151	126	101		200
	Young, D	201	251	401	280	201	201	151	401	201	201	401	201	201	405	260
	Brenneman, S	401	301	301		401	251		301	201		301	201	151		500
	Clark, M	126	151	201		126	126	151	201	151	501	201	151	81		200
	Burchell, M	401	151	251		401	251	126	501	301	401	251	126	151		400
	Convery, G	251	301	501	325	251	251	201	501	401	501	501	151	301	505	260
	Davis, B	301	401	501	325	301	301	301	301	301	501	501	201	301	505	260
	Butler, L	301	301	501	325	301	301	301	401	301	2501	501	201	301	505	200
Place terms			2 1/2	2 1/2			2 1/2		2 1/2	2 1/2	2 1/2	2 1/2	2 1/2

[WoodyTHFC]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Two outrights: Tabern @ 66/1 1.5 pts e.w Tabern came through the qaulifiers on the second day having just missed out on day 1, losing 5-3 in his final match on that occasion. However yesterday he beat the likes of Van Gerwen, Hine and Beaton on route to the event and he is one of the form players on the circuit at the moment. That is illustrated by the fact that his world ranking is generally moving up and also that he finished second in the players championship series events with only Taylor in front of him. Victoy in Wigan and also a final appearance recently in Bristol helped towards that and show Tabern's consistency on the floor. He recently reached the UK Open q/f before losing to Wade and just before the qualifiers he reached the last 16 in another players event before just losing to Wade so ther can be little doubt about his current form. He is drawn against Butler in his first game which shouldnt be a huge problem before potentially facing a much harder task with Barney next and Wade is also in his half of the draw. However he escapes Taylor which I believe is a good thing even though I think Taylor will be tested tonight and given his form, I believe he can have a good week. Walsh @ 80/1 1.5 pts e.w Another player who has recently found form is Walsh. He suffered for some time with problems on and off the oche but he is back in form now and back to something like the form that saw him reach a Bolton final a few years back. Indeed all the reports and results from Vegas suggest that he is one of the form players around this week. He qualified well, winning his early matches comfortably before beating the also inform Painter 5-3, indeed he only dropped 4 legs all through the qualifiers. He had a very good event before the qualifiers where he reached the semi of the players beating inform players like Priestley, Wade, Hamilton and Eccles on route. He lost 3-1 to taylor in the semis. Looking at his draw he has Davis in round 1 which shouldnt be a huge problem before potentially facing Wade and he is in the half that Barney is. However like Tabern he is in form, there is no taylor in his half of the draw and he is worth a shot for a good week. Matches on first day, short format just first to 6 legs: Priestley 4/6 cor 10 pts Priestley has come back extremely well from his illness and is showing the form that got him into the Premier League in 2007. That is shown by his run to the semis of the US Open where he averaged 100 in losing to Taylor in the semis, his victory in the players event in Bristol and another relatively good performance in losing in the last 16 of the players championship before this to walsh. He plays Stompe, the old BDO player who came through the qualifiers on Monday. Stompe has been an ok player for over a decade and in a short fromat he will be fairly dangerous but Priestley is in good form and I consider to be much the better player and to prevail. Painter 7/1 var 5 pts Just going on price here. Yes most people will expect Taylor to beat Painter and myself included. However I feel 7/1 is a biggish price in what is such a short format which Taylor lost in last year, admittedly in worse form. Painter just found Walsh too good on Mondays qualifier but prevailed yesterday pretty easily. He is another player in decent recent form, he lost to Taylor in the players on Sunday in the last 16 but before that reached the final in Bristol before losing to Priestley and at 7/1 is worth a small nibble, it wouldnt surprise me if it turns out to be Taylors biggest test all week. Young 11/10 tote 10 pts The American Young plays Burchell, one of the qualifiers and whilst I do not know massive amounts about the Englishman, I think Young is capable of taking him out. Generally one of the Americans gets past a round or two here and it could be Young who has been on the tv in recent years and at times has played fairly well, last year for example he averged over 90 in beating Eccles. He is top of the North American order of merit so he seems in decent form. Burchell took one big finish to beat Smith 5-4 on route to qualifying but he is never a player I have seen often appearing in the later regions of the events, on his TV debut in the World Championships he may have just lost 3-2 to Askew but he only averaged 80 and I will take Young to win this.

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Cheers Woody :ok. No joy for me in the qualifying despite Baxter hitting a 9 darter. Going with his successor in the outrights though. 1pt ew M.King to win Las Vegas Desert Classic 40/1 Blue Square Mervyn King can be a danger to anyone on his day. He hasn't really achieved much since he joined the PDC in terms of winning titles but he's definitely got the game to win them. More importantly here he has the draw too. John Part's a tough 1st round match but if I want a guy to face Part it would be over 11 legs as Part isn't the best starter. If he comes through that he'll have the winner of Burchell and Young which he'd be expected to win and then a quarter final would be against one of Jenkins/McGowan/Scholten/Bates - none of those can claim to be in great nick. Taylor could await in the semi final which is an obvious stumbling block but there's no guarantees he'll come through a draw of potentially Painter, Priestley and Mardle. 40's is a decent price on King and I'll have a small interest in him. 1pt ew J.Klaasen to win Las Vegas Desert Classic 66/1 Skybet Jelle Klaasen is another who hasn't achieved much in the PDC but there's little question he hasn't got the game to win things and this could just be his week. He's shown improvement on the TV scene going all the way with van der Voort twice in superb quality matches. His draw isn't one which will scare him either. Convery should really be a walkover and then Andy Hamilton is very much beatable these days. It's gets harder if it's Wade then Barney but Klaasen is decent enough over a short course to be a threat to most. The draws in this event usually open up a bit and if the draw goes Klaasen's way the young Dutch player could reap his rewards come Sunday.

[kevshat]

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Wednesday 2 July 2008	Player 1	Player 2	bookmakers margin on the event. However, they do not take account of commissions that may be charged.">BPP
Priestley, D v Stompé, C (19:00BST)	1.66	2.52	99.68 %	Details »
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Jenkins, T v McGowan, M (19:30BST)	1.50	3.05	99.45 %	Details »
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Mardle, W v Gray, A (20:00BST)	1.61	2.64	99.78 %	Details »
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Part, J v King, M (20:30BST)	1.83	2.12	101.72 %	Details »
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Taylor, P v Painter, Kelvin (21:00BST)	1.14	8.00	100.00 %	Details »
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Lloyd, C v Rooney, S (21:30BST)	1.30	4.50	99.15 %	Details »
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Scholten, R v Bates, B (22:00BST)	1.84	2.20	99.80 %	Details »
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Young, D v Burchell, M (22:30BST)	1.92	2.03	101.34 %	Details »

Tonight's matches then. Don't want to get too involved but there's 3 I'm quite keen on. 10pts M.McGowan to beat T.Jenkins 2/1 Blue Square Mick McGowan is a big price here. First of all Terry Jenkins is in no form at all on the big stage and secondly, even when he is he doesn't always start matches too well. McGowan has gone through a serious slump since he averaged over 100 at the Tavern against Taylor 18 months ago. However he's got the game to beat Jenkins here and coming through the qualifying yesterday could just have been the boost the Irishman needed. This is a real bananaskin for The Bull and McGowan can certainly win this. 10pts M.King to beat J.Part 11/10 Blue Square I don't normally back anyone I pick as an outright in a match bet but I'm going to do that here. Mervyn King is a dangerous floater who when he's on his game can challenge them all. John Part is very much in the same category but I've noticed a growing trend that he doesn't start matches as well as he used to and that could be criminal in a best of 11 leg match. King is pretty consistent and is a big price here especially if he can get the throw and I'll take the Englishman to cause a mini upset. 10pts B.Bates to beat R.Scholten 6/5 Boylesports Barrie Bates' route into this tournament was fairly routine yesterday but he beat Michael van Gerwen and Alan Warriner-Little in the qualifiers on Monday before losing to Mervyn King in the final match. Roland Scholten has all the pressure on him here and that's never a good thing for the lanky Dutchman. He hasn't been in much form recently, especially on TV and he could be ripe for an upset here. Bates has to be playing well to have taken van Gerwen on Monday and over another short match he can add another Dutchman to his victory list with a win here.

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Poor night in the end although the two losers should've done better really. King won but as far as the outright is concerned it was a pretty pointles win because only Taylor wins this now.

Thursday 3 July 2008	Player 1	Player 2	bookmakers margin on the event. However, they do not take account of commissions that may be charged.">BPP
Hamilton, A v Shawn Brenneman (19:00BST)	1.22	5.50	100.00 %		Details »
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Davis, B v Walsh, M (19:30BST)	3.25	1.44	100.00 %		Details »
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Convery, G v Klaasen, J (20:00BST)	3.25	1.44	100.00 %		Details »
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Lewis, A v Thornton, R (20:30BST)	1.74	2.37	99.58 %		Details »
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van Barneveld, R v Clark, M (21:00BST)	1.16	6.50	101.10 %		Details »
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Wade, J v Smith, Dennis (21:30BST)	1.16	7.00	100.00 %		Details »
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Manley, P v Maish, S (22:00BST)	1.62	2.50	101.73 %		Details »
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Butler, L v Tabern, A (22:30BST)	4.33	1.28	100.85 %		Details »

There will be an upset in amongst this lot but it's tricky to pick it. This one is overpriced though. 10pts R.Thornton to beat A.Lewis 11/8 Totesport Robert Thornton knows his way around the dartboard. Obviously Lewis does too and this looks sure to be a cracking match. Thornton could well be just marginally the more consistent, especially around the treble twenty and it could be that which is the key. Both these guys score heavily but Lewis has been known to miss the odd double. There isn't a great deal between the two of them though and so at 11/8 Thornton has to be backed as a value option on a night where good bets don't jump out automatically.

[wolves27]

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Thursday 3 July 2008	Player 1	Player 2	bookmakers margin on the event. However, they do not take account of commissions that may be charged.">BPP
Hamilton, A v Shawn Brenneman (19:00BST)	1.22	5.50	100.00 %		Details »
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Davis, B v Walsh, M (19:30BST)	3.25	1.44	100.00 %		Details »
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Convery, G v Klaasen, J (20:00BST)	3.25	1.44	100.00 %		Details »
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Lewis, A v Thornton, R (20:30BST)	1.74	2.37	99.58 %		Details »
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van Barneveld, R v Clark, M (21:00BST)	1.16	6.50	101.10 %		Details »
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Wade, J v Smith, Dennis (21:30BST)	1.16	7.00	100.00 %		Details »
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Manley, P v Maish, S (22:00BST)	1.62	2.50	101.73 %		Details »
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Butler, L v Tabern, A (22:30BST)	4.33	1.28	100.85 %		Details »

Andy Hamilton looks a banker to me manley is good odds vs maish so i'll take him thornton looks great value v lewis - who is very much hit or miss

[WoodyTHFC]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Wouldnt totally surprise me if Maish provided a little shock against Manley but the only one Im going for on night two is: Thornton 11/8 10 pts Another one going for the Scot. As has been discussed he is a top player, he has proved that in the last year by winning the World Masters also reaching the q/f of the BDO Worlds before just going out and by winning the Dutch Open this year. He played reasonably at times at Bolton and whilst he couldnt have a sufficient enough run to bother the World Matchplay places in various players events, he qualified on Monday so must be in fair form. Quite simply 11/8 is too big in a match I see more of a 50/50 match. We all know Lewis continues to be eratic and whilst he generally gets through first round matches in tournaments, which makes his overall record even more disappointing, he faces a tough match against the Scot who shouldnt be this stand out price.

[D4ngerous Beans]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Unlucky woody , a good call that on Thornton looked like he had blown away Lewis in the initial stages of the match , really thought he was going to do the business then Lewis came back in the End , was going to take Lewis in an Accumulator but i`m glad i didn`t as i would have had a heart attack watching that match , even though he came through in the end. Just a small point noticed Barneveld appeared to be wearing 2 skin coloured ear plugs ( of an expensive molded variety)? any ideas why Also in the wade vs smith match , just about everytime Smith went to throw a dart he sort of flutters his eyelids , like he really needs to be wearing Glasses as his eyes seem to be reajusting to what he`s looking at. maybe i`m just waffling but seemed to be putting him off.

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Barney regularly wears earplugs to drown out the noise of the crowd. No idea why he is wearing them out in Vegas because generally funerals are noisier affairs than the crowd out there. Maybe it's practice for Blackpool where he'll definitely need them. As for Smith's blinking, that's most likely the sweat dripping down his face, a problem which he has always suffered with. We were a bit unlucky there Woody, I thought he had Lewis but fair play to Lewis for coming back. Shows he's maturing into a very solid player.

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII This tournament is going badly :sad. Thornton goes with Bates as losers from a dominant position :wall. 2 early ones for Friday although I'm sure I'll be back with more tomorrow. 10pts A.Gray to beat S.Rooney 8/11 Stan James Adrian Gray showed some excellent checkout power to beat Wayne Mardle and although he didn't score well in that match I still expect him to go through here. Sam Rooney beat Colin Lloyd in the 1st round but Lloyd was crap and I feel these odds are only as they are because of Lloyd's name. Gray would've been 1/2-2/5 before Rooney beat Lloyd had they played. Fair do's to Rooney he held himself together well but Lloyd threw that match away. We're now up to the best of 15 legs and generally the better players should come through more often now. I think Gray is the better player of these two and think he'll come through at a much bigger price than I was expecting. 10pts R.Scholten to beat T.Jenkins 5/4 Stan James I was backing the outsider in this match whoever it was who played in it because all 4 possible competitors once the draw was made have been in poor form. Luckily for me I believe the outsider here - Scholten played better in the opening matches. It took him a while to get going but once he did he scored well and finished well too. That should give him confidence to go on and win this. Jenkins was all over the shop and I still believe he should've been taken out by McGowan but whenever he had an opening he decided to muck spread instead. Jenkins has always had double trouble in his matches, as has Scholten to be fair but Scholten scored heavier than Jenkins in their 1st round matches and finished better too. Jenkins is looking more and more like a guy struggling to keep up with his ranking and could struggle in this match too. 5/4 on Scholten is decent enough and I'll go with it.

[WoodyTHFC]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Marginal profit so far. Going smaller stakes on my two outright outsiders and more confident on the others: Walsh 7/2 5 pts I mentioned before about Walsh's form that he has found in Vegas and he will need it against Wade and that challenge might just be what he needs. In round 1 Wade was as solid as ever whilst Walsh just overcame Davis 6-5. However in the end he did well to win that, winning the last 3 legs including two against the throw. He is well capable of upping his performance and Wade knows of the threat, Walsh beat Wade on Sunday and Wade was quick to mention that after his game. At 7/2 it is worth a shot that he can do so again. Tabern 3/1 5 pts Tough game for Tabern against Barney but not an impossible one at all. He has beaten Barney before on the floor and once again he is one of the form players on the circuit, his second ranking position in the players championship series illustrates that. In round one he overcame a toughish game with butler and finished noticeably well. Barney I thought was pretty average against Clark despite the scoreline suggesting otherwise and whilst he is very much capable of raising his game, tabern should not be overlooked and 3/1 could turn out to be big. Scholten 5/4 10 pts Tough game to call between two players who are not in top form and both could be in danger of a slight drop in the rankings in the next year if their floor and TV results dont improve soon. However of the two, I was more impressed with scholten in round 1 and he showed some character to come back from 3-0 down to Bates. I also liked the way his dart was starting to land, (ie. very upright which hasnt always been the case of late), which really suits his play and enables his huge scoring ability. Jenkins on the other hand struggled badly past the Irishman and only averaged 81. He can up that massively but bearing that in mind and Scholten's comeback in round 1, its Scholten for me as the underdog. Hamilton 8/11 10 pts Both Hamilton and Klaasen played well in round 1 against players they were expected to beat. Hamilton finished with a ten darter and averaged 100 whilst Klaasen averaged 95 in his win. However of the two, the most consistent player without doubt for me is Hamilton. Klaasen can be very eratic at times and always has been even in BDO win, he would average 100+ in one set and less than 80 in the next and maybe that lack of consistency is one reason why he hasnt achieved more in the PDC. Of course someone of the ability of Klaasen is dangerous but Hamilton is much more the solid player, he clearly is in good form and he is the pick. Manley 13/8 10 pts Peter Manley is too big here for me. Personally I would make Lewis the slight fav but only just and 13/8 is underestimating Manley's ability not to mention the history between the two. Its not as if Manleys in bad form either, he averaged nearly 96 in beating Maish in a match that actually was a better quality match than Lewis v Thornton. I mentioned earlier that Lewis has a good record in getting past the first round in majors so although I backed Thornton to beat him as a value call, i wasnt surprised he won and undoubtedly Thornton missed doubles to go 5-2 up was the turning point. However lewis' record in majors after the first round is less impressive and he has lost so many times in last 16 and q/fs just when he gives the impression he is about to deliver and Manley has been one to profit from that more than most. He infamously beat Lewis in the World Champs a couple of years back and did so again here last year. He shouldnt be 13/8 to do so again.

[wolves27]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Andy Hamilton to beat Jelle Klaasen 8/11 both played great darts yesterday but jelle seems to struggle repeating performances or loses close battles (cant remember last time he clinched a tight one) hamilton is better odds than i thought he would be and i would get on early at 8/11 for hamilton win James Wade to beat Mark Walsh 2/9 wade looks consistant as ever and walshy looked terrible after hitting form earlier in week. although low odds this absolute BANKER of a bet Barneveld to beat Tabern 2/9 Same as wade comments above and tabern done the same as walsh in hitting form then tailing off. tabern although improving hasnt got the game and consistancy to take out the really big stars Gray to beat Rooney 8/11 suprised gray odds pretty high in this, he throw terrific darts in 1st round and should win this fairly comfortably in my opinion. rooney struggled to match lloyd who himself was very poor Jenkins to beat Scholten 4/6 cant believe everyone is tipping roland here, neither in particarly good form, but jenkins still has that bit extra in him, also roland struggled well basically he was out lets face it vs bates who was poor, whilst jenks came through past a solid competitor in mcgowan my bets Wade + Barney double odds 1/2 jenks to win hamilton to win gray to win perm in singles and trixie bets

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Going to add 2 more tonight. 10pts P.Manley to beat A.Lewis 13/8 Stan James Peter Manley looks a huge price here. Fair do's there's little doubt that talent wise Lewis is much better but Manley's a wily old chap who knows his way around the stage. He particularly likes this stage having won this tournament back in 2003. Ady Lewis is a bit of a law unto himself really. He has the talent to be winning these tournaments on a regular enough basis, certainly going deep in them anyway but for some reason it doesn't happen. I thought Manley played really well against Steve Maish while Lewis got the job done in a battling performance but I thought Manley was better and now that he's scoring well he's the call to win this at a big price. 10pts D.Priestley +4.5 legs to beat P.Taylor 5/6 Boylesports One player who Taylor usually doesn't play his best against is Dennis Priestley. I'm certain it's his style and the fact he never goes away nor feels any pressure. Taylor is playing really really well and assuming he gets past Priestley he'll win this tournament I'm sure. Priestley isn't playing badly either though. He had a decent win over Co Stompe in the 1st round and with this match being on later in the day which suits Priestley a bit more I think he can win 4 legs.

[mgas98]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Hi everybody ;) Could you tell me where i can see livescores for this tournament, or darts in general? Thank you. :ok

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII www.planetdarts.tv for PDC events.

[kevshat]

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10pts A.Gray to beat S.Rooney 8/11 Stan James 10pts R.Scholten to beat T.Jenkins 5/4 Stan James 10pts P.Manley to beat A.Lewis 13/8 Stan James 10pts D.Priestley +4.5 legs to beat P.Taylor 5/6 Boylesports

4 from 4 tonight which will do nicely. Gone from -29 overnight to +15.36 in one day. Klaasen is out though which was unfortunate. I didn't see the match but to lose on a deciding leg and then seeing Barney go out wasn't great but I'll take the night so far. Hopefully King makes the semis and I can at least lay him off then because he'll be playing Taylor who won't lose to Gray again.

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Apologies for being completely ignorant in my last post. Just seen Woody's post and noticed he had 4/5 tonight which was a good effort. Nice work Woody. We're both having good tournaments now. Hopefully it can somehow be a King vs Tabern final :ok

[BillyHills]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Well done guys! Great tipping once again!

[WoodyTHFC]

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Apologies for being completely ignorant in my last post. Just seen Woody's post and noticed he had 4/5 tonight which was a good effort. Nice work Woody. We're both having good tournaments now. Hopefully it can somehow be a King vs Tabern final :ok

Yes going quite well now, +45.69 for the tournament. Will probably leave it tomorrow but obviously hope Tabern can win but if Manley is in last nights form then it will be tough. Scholten could be the pick against King as he looks as though he has got some form back. Will see how things are priced up in the morning. As for a King v Tabern final we can only hope but I will be pretty shocked if Taylor doesnt win this now. Looks very ominous.

[WoodyTHFC]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII I will go for one: Scholten 6/5 10 pts. At the start of the week Scholten was a player I was keen to take on given his poor results in 2008. However since being 3-0 down to Bates he has hit some form. He played well in the end to beat Bates and against Jenkins again played well. Jenkins actually played well in that game too but Scholten just went up a couple of gears when it really mattered and scored well as is his tradition. difficult to read King. He played awful early on against Young but then suddenly from nowhere found real form, he couldnt stop hitting 180s and won in the end. However Im not convinced totally he is in top form consistently and completely comfortable with his game, the fact he was throwing from a different distance at one point yesterday suggests that to some extent and as the underdog I will take Scholten to beat king just like he did at the Worlds this year.

[wolves27]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII wow had mixed days on this so far day 1 - bad but then recovered somehow with big bet on roland scholten day 2 - gold dust, picked every winner day 3 - going smoothly till jenks lost which put me even for the night, i then backed taylor -5.5 and had chances to break whilst 4-1 up but missed 5darts then i lumped on barney -3.5 to regain that loss, well barney was about 3-3 so i backed him i.r at 2.4 as tabern about to go 4-3 up then barney missed about 6 or 7 darts win leg only to give up his throw leg after my loses all came to two barney legs when if he broke n held i would been very tidy profit in the end i got slaughtered big time lol

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII A couple for me tonight. I was going to back Manley but I've just had a text from Matt who has been drinking with Manley just now and having been in Vegas with Matt, I know that's not great preparation for a quarter final :lol:lol. Had Manley been Evs or something I'd have gone with him but I'll leave it at odds on. 10pts M.King to beat R.Scholten 5/6 Skybet Mervyn King has played really good darts in this tournament so far. He took a little while to get going against Young last night but when he did get going he was bashing the treble20 for fun and hitting high checkouts too. Scholten had a good win over Jenkins last night but neither of his opponents have played as well as King has in this tournament. King ended with an average of 97.18 last night which after the start he made means he averaged over 100 for most of the match and I think a repeat of that will do the job here. 10pts P.Taylor -6.5 legs to beat A.Gray 10/11 Sportingbet Phil Taylor is playing as well as he ever has at the minute and I'm in no doubt whatsoever that he'll win this tournament now. I think he'll do a job on Adrian Gray in the process. I'm sure it won't be forgotten by Taylor that Gray sent him packing in Ireland last year and that will give him the extra motivation to thrash Gray. Gray was crap last night and only his finishing kept him in that match. Problem tonight is he won't get many chances of a double scoring like he did last night so that has to improve. Sometimes scoring can fall into place but Taylor has shown he can average 110 already this week and I can't see Gray taking 4 legs here.

[WoodyTHFC]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII +54.69 now for the event. Wasnt going to do anything for the semis but I believe Manley has been priced just a bit too big so will go in small stakes. Manley 4/1 5 pts. Understandly Wade is the fav for this, he has won 3 majors in the last year, established himself as a real class act and also has an impressive record of raisng his game for buisness end of tournaments ie. q/f onwards. However I wouldnt have him as short as what he is for this. In Manley he plays a really good matchplayer who on his day can beat anyone as he has proved and also is in good form in this tournament. Granted he played poorly last night but if you go back to his perfromance against Lewis and even in the first round that just gives an indication of how well he generally is playing. For example against Lewis he was averaging 107 at one point deep into that game, scoring heavily and pretty deadly on his finishing. Wade in comparison hasnt played that well so far by comaparison to his normal standarda. He has got through but against Walsh he played nothing special and Walsh had a dart to go 6-5 up, against Hamilton too he was nothing special, his averages around the 90 mark indicate that to some extent and quite simply at the price, Manley is worth a small play.

[kevshat]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII 2 handicaps on the outsiders for me this evening. 10pts P.Manley +4.5 legs to beat J.Wade 8/11 Bet365 Peter Manley has played some really good darts in this tournament. He was a bit slack on his doubles last night but if anything that's a good thing for us because he's rarely slack on them twice in two days. James Wade has been below par which he admitted last night and has done just enough to go through. He was a bit fortunate that Andy Hamilton didn't turn up for the 1st 10 legs last night but when he did Wade was starting to look worried. I don't think we've got to worry about Manley not turning up tonight and I'm very confident even if Wade ups his game that Manley will win 7 legs. 10pts R.Scholten +5.5 legs to beat P.Taylor Evs Bet365 I've been really impressed with how Roland Scholten has played in this event. Ok his opponents haven't played too well but a lot of that is to do with how Scholten has played. He's back scoring heavily and he's attacking his doubles which is something he's been guilty of not doing in the past. I also liked his "I only care about me" attitude in his interview because it means he's focused on the same thing. Beating Taylor won't be easy. Very difficult in fact but Taylor hasn't been sensationally brilliant since beating Painter and in fact Gray had every chance least night but fell away. Scholten is good enough to consistently average around 95 and that should be enough to ensure he wins 6 legs.

[psandhar]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII The only thing manly about Manley is his wife, the woman's got smaller tits than him and even more facial hair (however, I understand that is not saying much as he himself is a huge tit). Using this sound reasoning I conclude that Manley will lose heavily. I predict Wade to win -4 at 6/5 with SJ, stick with me kevshat and you'll go far..! :cow

[Sharpe1ne]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII

The only thing manly about Manley is his wife' date=' the woman's got smaller tits than him and even more facial hair (however, I understand that is not saying much as he himself is a huge tit). Using this sound reasoning I conclude that Manley will lose heavily. I predict Wade to win -4 at 6/5 with SJ, stick with me [b']kevshat and you'll go far..! :cow

Well talking about tit's i bet you feel a right one now:lol

[psandhar]

Re: Darts: Las Vegas Desert Classic VII Why would I? I didnt back it, if you were stupid enough to follow me of all people then you need your head examined. PS: Leander Paes for Wimbledon 09' you heard it here first