World Grand Prix Draw

when does tourney start?

@ ccmac - Grand Prix Starts mon 7th - sun 13th October.


Top 16 in order of merit, from which the top 8 are seeded.
This is where the luck of the draw comes in for those outside the 16.

Jamie Caven's been in tremendous form of late, and as luck would have it, he's pulled Taylor in the 1st round.
Surprised to see Jabba only 3/1 with Taylor as big as 1/4.

1st round - Best of 3 Sets (5 Legs Per Set) Double Start every leg.

Monday October 7 (7pm)
First Round
Ronnie Baxter v Colin Lloyd
Wes Newton v Peter Wright
Paul Nicholson v Robert Thornton
Simon Whitlock v Michael Mansell
James Wade v Steve Beaton
Phil Taylor v Jamie Caven
Gary Anderson v Jelle Klaasen
Connie Finnan v Terry Jenkins

Tuesday October 8 (7pm)
First Round
Wayne Jones v Mervyn King
Justin Pipe v Andy Smith
Kevin Painter v Richie Burnett
Dave Chisnall v Ian White
Andy Hamilton v Kim Huybrechts
Stuart Kellett v Raymond van Barneveld
Michael van Gerwen v John Part
Adrian Lewis v Brendan Dolan

MVG TOAST

A few underdogs who I fancy have a fair chance of winning their frist games (going by oddschecker here):
Jelle Klaasen 11/8 v Anderson
Richie Burnett at 7/5 v Painter
Kim Huybrechts at 13/10 v Hamilton

And outright a few pics:
Barney at 22/1
Chisnall at 33/1
And I honestly think while I do't expect him to win Klaasen at 125/1 is too big.

Roger that is because if you EXPECT something to happen then you believe it has more than 50% chance and therefore Klassen would have to be odds-on, or at odds of less than 2.0.
I mean I might think Crystal Palace are too big away to Liverpool next Sat but I dont EXPECT them to win

Ireland's Brendan Dolan returns to the scene of the crime and venue/format that made his name in world darts.
Who could forget his 9 dart double start, double finish! (That must have really pissed Taylor off)

Sky don't miss a trick, and have scheduled the methodic tongued thrower for the last match of the night, by which time the boisterous Irish home crowd will be having a hoolie and chanting from the rafters.

Lewis shouldn't be fazed by the atmosphere, and is throwing lovely darts of late...As is Dolan.
Dare i say it..."It's gonna be a cracker."

The 1st round format - Best of 3 sets, double start is not reflected in the odds.
There's plenty of pluses for backing Dolan, and the huge price on offer stands out.
Also a small interest in the most 180's. 

Jamie Caven's been in top form. He's also got a nice sideline "Team Jabba" merch project with endless orders rolling in, and his confidence is bang on. C'mon Jabba! Laddies are swerving Taylor and have dangled a lovely carrot for cone head.

The standards gone through the roof and there's not many easy 1st round matches in the pdc like there were years ago, where many matches were pretty much walkovers and easy pickings for punters having accas.

Make no mistake, this is a tough quarter for Taylor. One of the hardest he's had for a while, but time and time again he takes his darts to another level, and seems to do it with ease.

I watched him on the 1st day of the online comp, (a few weeks ago.) He knew he had to be at his best to get through the gruelling day.
Match after match he picked his game up. It shouldn't surprise me but his determination to qualify on the opening day reached new heights for me as blew Lewis away in the final.

Another match of interest features the current bad boy of darts "James Wade," and ladies fav "Steve Beaton."
Wade's been out of action for a while following his ban and his performances in the online comp seemed to take its toll as he finished rock bottom of the group.

Meanwhile, Beaton's been in fine fettle of late, which included a nicely snaffled Pro Tour Event Win in Germany.
Going by current form, and the format of the Grand Prix, Beaton is another player who looks over priced in a 1v1 match.

I've thrown in some other rags for more than a bit of interest for the week ahead, and hope 1 or 2 will still be standing after the 1st round!



Outrights @ 1pt e/w:
Caven @ 80/1 e/w gen
Klaasen @ 125/1 e/w fred
Beaton @ 150/1 e/w sport
Jenkins T @ 100/1 e/w gen
Jones W @ 300/1 e/w sly
Dolan @ 100/1 e/w gen


1st Quarter Winner:
Caven @ 14/1 sly 1pt
Klaasen @ 20/1 sly 1pt


2nd Quarter Winner:
Beaton @ 12/1 sport 1pt
T Jenkins @ 7/1 hills 1pt


3rd Quarter Winner:
W Jones @ 50/1 sly 1pt
I White @ 12/1 gen 1pt


4th Quarter Winner:
Dolan @ 16/1 hills 1pt
Painter @ 8/1 gen 1pt


1st round:
Beaton @ 11/5 vic 1pt (wade)
Jabba @ 7/2 lads 1pt (taylor)
Klaasen @ 11/8 gen 1pt (anderson)
Nicholson @ 6/4 gen 1pt (thornton)
Huybrechts K @ 13/10 hills 1pt (hamilton)
Dolan @ 11/4 vic 1pt (lewis a)


Most 180's in the match
Dolan @ 9/2 sly 1pt (lewis a)
Huybrechts K @ 6/4 sly 1pt (hamilton)
Klaasen @ 2/1 sly 1pt (anderson)
Jabba @ 7/5 gen 1pt (taylor)


Good Luck Everyone. Remember! It's Double start all legs

Lucky you 180. Don't forget the scorecard for the darts forum
Lewis getting dogs abuse and you'll be holding your 10/1 slip - Enjoy it and good luck with your punting.

A good tourny this, as the players have earn't the right to be there with their ranking positions.
I'm small stakes with my bets, so no major head in hands moments.


I completely forgot about the pro tour weekend events prior to the grand prix and missed a trick with Dolan yesterday. He played his 1st round opponent - Lewis in the final of the Players Champs 9 @ Citywest, Ireland.

Result - Lewis @ 14/1 beat Dolan @ 80/1 6-4.

Not sure how much effort the grand prix players will put into today's pro tour event.
For that reason i'm on non qualifier and top grinder Smiffy @ 200/1 e/w vic.
Dolan @ 80/1 e/w - that horse has probably bolted.
Chisnall @ 20/1 e/w vic.
Pipe @ 50/1 e/w vic.

As posted in a new thread

BOTS gone crazy in outrights for grand prix 2013?

Taylor got matched @ 2.26
It just happens to be the lay bet i put up 2 days ago.
20+ pts profit banked before the tourny begins!

Even better is this Buzzcocks full live gig on the tube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ys9rxjTWwXE