Darts

[Newportlad]

Deller finished with a 138 checkout.  I'm old enough to remember it too!

[bobby1]

Deller finished with a 138 checkout.  I'm old enough to remember it too!

how good was that Newport?

Double 12 for the match?

[ifm]

I hate all this rubbish the tv blokes are coming up with about him being lucky to still be in, missing doubles is part of the game, we all do it, it's about form and pressure and above all it's psychological.
He is where he is on merit, he ain't lucky, he's better on the day than all he's met, simple.

If i hit every double i went for this last year i'd be world champ and you can say that about just about any decent dart player out there.
There is a level that can be achieved and you are limited not by ability but by bottle, he has more than any of us thought, we were talking about this last night, many of us who know Kirk and every  single one of us is surprised by his performance.
I dislike the kid, most do cuz of his attitude but i was screaming for him to win tonight, well done, nice one.
I hope he wins it.

[Bongo]

Here you go bobby:

[ifm]

Switching it for a mo i heard last night James Wade is in trouble with the PDC, likely to be thrown out but could be lucky and just get fined after punching Andy Jenkins in Holland.
Jenkins is a detestable arse, extremely nasty piece of work and said to Wade "your missus is an ugly fat c**t", Wade promptly clocked him and awaits his fate.
Good luck Wade.

[scottm]

Switching it for a mo i heard last night James Wade is in trouble with the PDC, likely to be thrown out but could be lucky and just get fined after punching Andy Jenkins in Holland.
Jenkins is a detestable arse, extremely nasty piece of work and said to Wade "your missus is an ugly fat c**t", Wade promptly clocked him and awaits his fate.
Good luck Wade.

Seems quite an appropriate response from Wade.

How can the PDC throw him out though - is there some sort of good behaviour clause to be a member ?

[Bazzaboy]

I think there are similarities between Shepherd and Deller in that as strange as it may sound given he is only 21 I think he may never have a better chance of taking the title.  Deller failed to follow up his victory with any more major wins and I get the feeling it may be a similar story with Shepherd.

[bobby1]

Cheers Bongo, you dont see many World champions take a swig from a pint pot just before they claim their title.  

You are spot on IFM, the TV comms havent once said how brave he was to finish the legs off that the others couldnt, scoring for show, doubles for dough.

Where do you play mate and what level is it?

[ifm]

Good behaviour?
It's like cricket, the sledging can be merciless, look at Mardle tonight for gamesmanship, everytime he hit a bad score he stopped, pulled a face then slowly went and fetched his darts.
Similarly he hit a 180, turned to the crowd arms wide.
Wrong and should be stopped.

[bobby1]

Switching it for a mo i heard last night James Wade is in trouble with the PDC, likely to be thrown out but could be lucky and just get fined after punching Andy Jenkins in Holland.
Jenkins is a detestable arse, extremely nasty piece of work and said to Wade "your missus is an ugly fat c**t", Wade promptly clocked him and awaits his fate.
Good luck Wade.

eekk, Wade seems a nice guy too. I hope he doesnt get chucked out.

[ifm]

Where do you play mate and what level is it?

I played county when i was a teenager but couldn't afford it so stopped.
Then met the ex, had kids, packed up darts for nearly 10 years till a couple of years ago.
Trouble is rotating shifts stopped me for playing regularly for decent teams till October so now playing more regularly.
I play most of the knockouts these days (like last night), the big difference with poker is that the top pro dart players will travel from all over the country to play a £10 entry £500 winner comp in Birmingham or coventry because that is their bread and butter.
Steve Hine was in he £3 comp last night, look through the rounds, he was in this Laddies comp!!!!!!!!

[Bongo]

Does that show that the top players have more edge in darts? At poker you wouldn't win often enough to make a living from a £10 comp a night...

[bobby1]

Where do you play mate and what level is it?

I played county when i was a teenager but couldn't afford it so stopped.
Then met the ex, had kids, packed up darts for nearly 10 years till a couple of years ago.
Trouble is rotating shifts stopped me for playing regularly for decent teams till October so now playing more regularly.
I play most of the knockouts these days (like last night), the big difference with poker is that the top pro dart players will travel from all over the country to play a £10 entry £500 winner comp in Birmingham or coventry because that is their bread and butter.
Steve Hine was in he £3 comp last night, look through the rounds, he was in this Laddies comp!!!!!!!!

Lol thats amazing to think that a guy that played in the World Championship was there, what is the prize in the £3 comp?

The standard in those county teams is very good I am told, when Dennis Priestley won his first title I was working in a betting shop where a few of the regulars had played against him in the kind of comp you describe and backed him at 80/1 before the comp. How big would the step up from County to this level be, I think they said during the Lewis v Eccles game the other day that they used to play for the same county team so would that level be the main feeder into the pro ranks?

[ifm]

Does that show that the top players have more edge in darts? At poker you wouldn't win often enough to make a living from a £10 comp a night...

Most pro dart players have day jobs, weekend knockouts are how they make extra cash and they travel from all over.

[ifm]

Where do you play mate and what level is it?

I played county when i was a teenager but couldn't afford it so stopped.
Then met the ex, had kids, packed up darts for nearly 10 years till a couple of years ago.
Trouble is rotating shifts stopped me for playing regularly for decent teams till October so now playing more regularly.
I play most of the knockouts these days (like last night), the big difference with poker is that the top pro dart players will travel from all over the country to play a £10 entry £500 winner comp in Birmingham or coventry because that is their bread and butter.
Steve Hine was in he £3 comp last night, look through the rounds, he was in this Laddies comp!!!!!!!!

Lol thats amazing to think that a guy that played in the World Championship was there, what is the prize in the £3 comp?

Advertised as £150 for the winner, actually paid £250 cuz of the turnout.

The standard in those county teams is very good I am told, when Dennis Priestley won his first title I was working in a betting shop where a few of the regulars had played against him in the kind of comp you describe and backed him at 80/1 before the comp. How big would the step up from County to this level be, I think they said during the Lewis v Eccles game the other day that they used to play for the same county team so would that level be the main feeder into the pro ranks?

Playing county superleague gives you auto entry to the bigger comps (if you qualify) but that's not really it, basically you join the PDC £350 and start entering comps, the world champs are just another comp except you qualify thru feeders.
Anyone can do it if you are any good and can afford it, world ranking points get you seeded and therefore entered into the world championships, the thing is you can pick points up in odd places as most of the very top players don't travel to estonia or italy etc.
Taylor doesn't even play the circuit, why do you think he hasn't been world no.1 for years?