PDC World Championships 2014/15

I see Andy Hamilton is 250/1 to win it outright and he's my idea of a decent bet to win his quarter despite playing absolutely shíte for the last year or so...they geezer owes me fcuk all as I've won plenty from him over the years and he's also in what I reckon to be the weakest quarter.

You never know...the big stage could rekindle his interest and he might just find something from down the back of the couch as Lewis has done for the last few years at this venue despite some horrendous form figures coming into the tournament.

AND as we all know...Gary Anderson (top seed in The Hammer's quarter) has a habit of playing out of his skin and STILL being vulnerable...remember Jyhan Artut & John Bowles?

It's sheer bias picking Hamilton (Klaasen's also in that quarter and has been playing well recently - still 300/1) but Kist is for me a decent form choice yet he's 300/1 to win it outright!
I hope I can find 33/1+ (hopefully 50/1) for them to be quarter winners...at such prices you can back a few and Mark Webster 500/1 is another that I'll be interested in despite falling into the same category as Hamilton in being somewhat in the doldrums - alas, he's in Taylor's quarter.

Those four could get near the 1000 mark on here over the next week or so

Had a fiver on Newton at 250 prior to his semi-final on Sunday... finding a bit of form... not a bad draw... due to meet Anderson in round 3 if all goes to plan... Wright seems a bit overpriced on here... will wait until the market settles down on here now the draw is known...

Good work Naval...Allow me to add the draw Quarter's 

World Darts Championship

Preliminary Round Draw - Best of 7 or 9 Legs?

1) Christian Perez (Philippines) v Cristo Reyes (Spain)
2) Jani Haavisto (Finland) v John Michael (Greece)
3) Nolan Arendse (South Africa) v Alex Hon (Hong Kong)
4) Boris Koltsov (Russia) v Haruki Muramatsu (Japan)

5) Kim Viljanen (Finland) v Sascha Stein (Germany)
6) Mark McGrath (New Zealand) v Scott Kirchner (USA)
7) Jermaine Wattimena (Netherlands) v Robert Marijanovic (Croatia)
8) Scott Mackenzie (Hong Kong) PDPA UK Qualifier v Daryl Gurney (Northern Ireland)


First Round Draw - Best of 5 Sets

Top Half 1st Quarter
1) Michael van Gerwen (1) v Joe Cullen
2) Stuart Kellett (32) v Viljanen/Stein
3) Terry Jenkins (16) v John Weber
4) Justin Pipe (17) v Lawrence Ryder

5) Dave Chisnall (8) v Ryan De Vreede
6) Paul Nicholson (25) v Benito van de Pas
7) Robert Thornton (9) v Andrew Gilding
8) Ronnie Baxter (24) v Mackenzie/Gurney


2nd Quarter
1) Peter Wright (5) v Gerwen Price
2) Andy Smith (28) v Ronny Huybrechts
3) Andy Hamilton (12) v Dave Richardson
4) Steve Beaton (21) v Kyle Anderson

5) Gary Anderson (4) v McGrath/Kirchner
6) Jelle Klaasen (29) v Christian Kist
7) Wes Newton (13) v Perez/Reyes
8) Kevin Painter (20) v Koltsov/Muramatsu


Bottom Half 3rd Quarter
1) Phil Taylor (2) v Jyhan Artut
2) Mark Webster (31) v Ron Meulenkamp
3) Ian White (15) v Haavisto/Michael
4) Kim Huybrechts (18) v Mickey Mansell

5) Simon Whitlock (7) v Darren Webster
6) Dean Winstanley (26) v Wayne Jones
7) Mervyn King (10) v Max Hopp
8) Vincent van der Voort (23) v John Henderson


4th Quarter
1) James Wade (6) v Jamie Lewis
2) Stephen Bunting (27) v Wattimena/Marijanovic
3) Brendan Dolan (11) v Arendse/Hon
4) Michael Smith (22) v Mensur Suljovic

5) Adrian Lewis (3) v David Pallett
6) John Part (30) v Keegan Brown
7) Raymond van Barneveld (14) v Rowby-John Rodriguez
8) Jamie Caven (19) v Jason Hogg

Thornton got a hard one also Barney pieman klassen and winstanley I think

That 4th quarter is the proverbial 'group of death'. It's a brave man to pick who makes it to the semi out of those.
I quite fancy Wright and King after seeing the draw, for outsiders maybe Andrew Gilding or Kyle Anderson again?

Brown will destroy part don't think odds will favour brown

Yea i agree brown will be about 1.3 which will be way to short with his experience

The draw could've been a lot nicer for Kist but what's in his favour is that (after careful scrutiny) it's the easiest quarter and I see he's 28/1 to win that (reach the semis) and as yet only four bookies have priced it up...it could get to 40 or 50/1 when the rest chalk up the odds due to his first two matches being Klaasen and then very likely Gary Anderson - if he can scrape past them then he can definitely win the quarter as Peter Wright will be the highest remaining seed.

Obviously he'll be the outsider if he faces Anderson in the last 32 but I'd make him favourite to beat Klaasen and then either Newton or Painter who would be excellent opponents for Kist in a last 16 encounter - QF opposition would most likely come from Peter Wright which again is a cracking draw as he's probably the weakest of the main 8 seeds in my opinion on recent form...so he'll have to get the main danger out of the way early on and if the shock occurs then I can look forward to a payday

AND as shít as Hamilton's been playing for 18 months or so, he does have a decent CV so he's well worth a saver in that quarter betting because he couldn't have picked a better draw for himself - kicks off against a nobody, then it's likely to be Steve Beaton instead of more dangerous players who he might've been up against in the last 32 - if he progresses, Peter Wright is also just about the best draw of the main 8 seeds (on recent form) that The Hammer considering his seeding could face as a last 16 opponent...then Kist in the QF I've got it all worked out

C'mon you bookmaking turds...give me 50/1 for Kist to win his quarter - I'm having a score on that and I'm NOT gonna trade it
I'd advise anyone to have a stray fiver on the quarter betting as it's really just Gary Anderson that Kist should be THAT concerned about even though Klaasen shouldn't be a pushover.

PS - I see Mark Webster's in to 80/1 from 125/1 to win his quarter...obviously someone's thrown ten-bob at that.
PPS - Barney's huge...I don't mean that girth but he's 60 on here

Taken from the Official PDC site*:
[color=blue]DAVID PALLETT is aiming to upset the odds against two-time winner Adrian Lewis when they meet in the William Hill World Darts Championship later this month.[/color]

The 24-year-old from Newport, Shropshire, will make his World Championship debut at Alexandra Palace after progressing well on the PDC circuit this year - moving up to 55th in the Order of Merit.

Having cut his teeth on the PDC Unicorn Youth Tour in 2011 and 2012, joined the PDC ProTour the following year and has qualified for six European Tour events since, reaching the last 16 in the German Darts Masters at Easter.

After hitting a nine-dart finish in a UK Open Qualifier in February, Pallett also reached the last 32 of the UK Open finals in Minehead and is now looking to make his mark on the sport's biggest stage against world number three Lewis on December 23.

"Adrian is one of the best players in the world," Pallett told the Shropshire Star. "I think he will be more scared of me than I am of him, to be honest.

"I have nothing to lose and that takes the pressure off. I have to fly out of the traps, maybe take the first set and don’t bottle it from there, as people have done against him in the past.

"I am really looking forward to it, I am happy with the draw and my trip down to London can't come quick enough now. I have waited a long time for this."

Tickets for the William Hill World Darts Championship are still available but selling fast, with the majority of sessions now sold out.

NB* - No mention in the article of young David having represented England in his BDO playing days? Lets correct that.

Anderson should be made up with his draw in Q2, although as has been said Kist is a wildcard. Kist aside, most of the actual seeds in the quarter are in poor form so far this year. I can't see anyone but Anderson making a semi-final against MVG. Chizzy is a potential stubling block for MVG though, albeit one you'd expect him to come through.

Lower half of draw is tougher. Taylor might worry about Huybrechts but out of King, Winstanley, Whitlock and Van Der Voort I couldn't pick the other quarter-finalist. I might have a few quid on a few quarter winners at big prices from that section. Huybrechts at 16/1 and Winstanley at 25/1 look decent chances.

Quarter 4 is ugly. Horrendous. Whoever comes through that will be battle hardened if possibly a little fatigued. Arguments could be made for many including Wade, Lewis, Barney and Bunting.

Taylor, Van Gerwen and Lewis are the three that have proved time and time again they have the game, mind and consistency to win the Worlds. All three have questions to answer. Taylor doesn't appear to be able to find his very top game as often now, Van Gerwen seems to sometimes seem like he is off the boil, like someone who doesn't practice enough or maybe too much. Lewis hits flat spots that can get him beaten. The other serious contender in my eyes is Gary Anderson, who has taken his game and his mental game to a new level. His win against Lewis in the WMP was superb. The really interesting thing for me was that he found his best darts when he was being asked questions, as he did all the way through that tournament. To me, he is the one I think is in the best place coming into the tournament. He's my main bet.

Then we have a number of players who could threaten like Wade, RVB, Whitlock, Bunting and Wright. They have all shown in the past that they have the game to beat any of the top contenders on their day, they are all capable of averaging the 100+ you in several games to win this tournament. Most of them have not shown much this year, however, or can buckle under the pressure of the really high scorers and double-hitters. I would also add Dave Chisnall and Kim Huybrechts to this category, and I want to back both.

Dave Chisnall is in MVG's quarter, and although he'd be an underdog he can beat him. Chizzy showed us in 2012 that he can compete with the best when he beat the Power in the second round 4-1, although he couldn't reproduce that effort in the next round getting beaten by The Hammer. Consistency has long been Chizzy's problem. He can beat Van Gerwen (2013 World Grand Prix QF) or lose to John Henderson (2014 Worlds R1). To me, this year's Grand Slam showed Chizzy's upped his game further. He topped his group and got to the final where he played The Power. He'd played the Power in the final of the World Grand Prix the year before and got beat 6-0 where he didn't win a leg in any of the first 5 sets. It must have seemed like history was repeating itself when Taylor went in 5-0 at the first break, but Chizzy showed he was now made of sterner stuff giving The Power a real scare before eventually going down 16-13. This was a real step forward for Chizzy and I think he now believes he has the game and the confidence to go toe-to-toe with the best in the World on the TV stage, and at 40/1 he rates a bet in my eyes.

Kim Huybrechts has less form that Chisnall at the highest level, and the furthest he has gone in the Worlds is QF in 2012 but he seems to be developing both in terms of ability and temperament. His demolition of MVG in the Grand Slam QF was scary, going 12-3 up in the first to 16 match, and hitting a 9-darter in his eventual 16-10 win. No-one would live with him throwing like that, and looking at the draw he has a very winnable quarter IF he can overcome Taylor (due to meet in R3). He's probably just glad he's avoided his brother for once.

Outright winner
3 pts Anderson 7/1
1pt Chisnall 40/1
1pt Huybrechts 66/1

3rd quarter winner
1pt Huybrechts 16/1
1pt Winstanley 25/1

PS - just how do the shíthouse bookmaking SHEEP justify having no 'to reach the semis' or E/W first FOUR in a field of 72 yet they all persist with some of the imbecile markets?

Shocking the e/w 1,2 nonsense in the outright that has become commonplace. Even if someone shaved a few points off and had 1,2,3,4 1/3 that would be better. Still, the quarter winners market is the same as "to reach semis".

Marychain, Navel-Gazer
Great write-ups both of those.

Any thoughts on Terry Jenkins to win his quarter? Will probably have to knock MVG out but he's got form for that and it won't be in a final!

Otherwise I'll look at the price for Suljovic to beat Smith, the Grand Slam episode seems to have affected him and after beating Taylor last year he'll have a lot of expectation on him.

baldies have gone specials crazy and they're not even the tourney sponsor.


9 Dart Finish
Yes     8/13
No     6/5


Number Of 9 Dart Finishes
Selection    Price
None     6/5
One     6/4
Two Or More     11/4


170 Checkout
Yes 1/28
No 9/1


Number Of 170 Checkouts
1-2     11/10
3-4     13/8
5 Or More     6/1
0     9/1


9 Darter & 170 Checkout
Yes     4/6
No     11/10


Double Chance
Taylor Or Van Gerwen     4/5
Taylor Or Anderson     11/10
Taylor Or Lewis     11/8
Van Gerwen Or Anderson     6/4
Van Gerwen Or Lewis     13/8
Anderson Or Lewis     4/1


Treble Chance
Taylor, Van Gerwen Or Anderson     3/10
Taylor, Van Gerwen Or Lewis     4/11
Taylor, Anderson Or Lewis     4/5
Van Gerwen, Anderson Or Lewis     EVS


Taylor V The Field
The Field     2/5
Taylor     15/8


Van Gerwen v The Field
The Field     3/10
Van Gerwen     12/5


Taylor & Van Gerwen V The Field
Taylor & Van Gerwen     4/5
The Field     10/11


Taylor v Van Gerwen Final
No     1/4
Yes     11/4


Big 4 V The Field
Taylor, Van Gerwen, Lewis & Anderson     2/9
The Field     11/4


Stoke V The Field
Stoke Players - Phil Taylor, Adrian Lewis, Ian White & Andy Hamilton:
The Field     4/7
Stoke     13/10


St Helens V The Field
St Helens Players - Stephen Bunting, Dave Chisnall & Michael Smith
The Field     1/40
St Helens     11/1


2014 Premier League Players V The Field
Premier League Players - Phil Taylor, Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Adrian Lewis, Peter Wright, Dave Chisnall, Raymond van Barneveld, Simon Whitlock, Robert Thornton & Wes Newton
2014 Premier League Players     1/12
The Field     6/1


Winning Nationality
English     8/11
Dutch     19/10
Scottish     5/1
Belgian     33/1
Australian     40/1
Any Other     50/1
Northern Irish     125/1
Welsh     250/1


Winning Continent
Europe     1/200
Oceania     20/1
North America     500/1
Asia     750/1
Africa     2000/1


Europe V Rest Of The World
Europe     1/200
Rest Of The World     22/1


England V The Field
England     8/11
The Field     EVS


Holland V The Field
The Field     4/11
Holland     19/10


Scotland V The Field
The Field     1/10
Scotland     5/1


Anderson v The Field
The Field     1/16
Gary Anderson     7/1


Lewis v The Field
The Field     1/40
Adrian Lewis     11/1


Anderson & Lewis v The Field
The Field     1/7
Gary Anderson & Adrian Lewis     4/1


BDO World Champions V The Field
BDO World Champions - Phil Taylor, John Part, Steve Beaton, Raymond van Barneveld, Jelle Klaasen, Mark Webster, Christian Kist & Stephen Bunting
The Field     4/9
BDO World Champions     13/8


Winning Quarter
Quarter 3     6/4
Quarter 1     9/4
Quarter 4     10/3
Quarter 2     9/2


Winning Half
Bottom Half     4/6
Top Half     11/10


First Time Winner
Previous Winners - Phil Taylor, John Part, Raymond van Barneveld, Adrian Lewis & Michael van Gerwen
No     2/5
Yes     7/4


To Hit A 9 Darter
Taylor, Phil     4/1
Van Gerwen, Michael     4/1
Anderson, Gary     13/2
Lewis, Adrian     8/1
Wade, James     12/1
Chisnall, Dave     14/1
Bunting, Stephen     16/1
Van Barneveld, Raymond     20/1
Wright, Peter     22/1
Huybrechts, Kim     25/1
Smith, Michael     25/1
Whitlock, Simon     28/1
Thornton, Robert     28/1
King, Mervyn     33/1
Jenkins, Terry     40/1
Newton, Wes     40/1


Most Tournament 180sWin Only -
Only These Players Count
Van Gerwen, Michael     2/1
Anderson, Gary     3/1
Lewis, Adrian     9/2
Taylor, Phil     5/1
Chisnall, Dave     14/1
Bunting, Stephen     16/1
Huybrechts, Kim     33/1
Van Barneveld, Raymond     50/1
Jenkins, Terry     50/1
Thornton, Robert     50/1
Smith, Michael     50/1
Whitlock, Simon     50/1
Wade, James     66/1
King, Mervyn     100/1
Wright, Peter     100/1
Newton, Wes     100/1


Tournament Winning Double
20     3/1
16     10/3
8     6/1
10     13/2
18     12/1
12     14/1
4     16/1
5     16/1
9     25/1
6     25/1
Bull     25/1
2     25/1
14     33/1
7     50/1
1     66/1
15     66/1
11     66/1
19     80/1
3     80/1
13     80/1
17     80/1


PDC & BDO World Championship Enhanced Doubles
Phil Taylor & Alan Norris     18/1
Phil Taylor & James Wilson     20/1
Michael Van Gerwen & Alan Norris     22/1
Phil Taylor & Martin Adams     25/1
Michael Van Gerwen & James Wilson     25/1
Phil Taylor & Scott Waites     28/1
Michael Van Gerwen & Martin Adams     33/1
Michael Van Gerwen & Scott Waites     33/1
Gary Anderson & Alan Norris     50/1
Gary Anderson & James Wilson     66/1
Gary Anderson & Martin Adams     80/1
Gary Anderson & Scott Waites     80/1
Adrian Lewis & Alan Norris     80/1
Adrian Lewis & James Wilson     80/1
Adrian Lewis & Martin Adams     110/1
Adrian Lewis & Scott Waites     110/1


To Reach The Final
Taylor, Phil     5/6
Van Gerwen, Michael     EVS
Anderson, Gary     3/1
Lewis, Adrian     9/2
Wade, James     6/1
Bunting, Stephen     8/1
Wright, Peter     14/1
Van Barneveld, Raymond     16/1
Chisnall, Dave     16/1
Huybrechts, Kim     16/1
Smith, Michael     20/1
Whitlock, Simon     20/1
King, Mervyn     25/1
Thornton, Robert     25/1
Jenkins, Terry     40/1
Newton, Wes     40/1
Caven, Jamie     50/1
White, Ian     50/1
Pipe, Justin     50/1
Brown, Keegan     50/1
Van Der Voort, Vincent     50/1
Hamilton, Andy     66/1
Dolan, Brendan     66/1
Painter, Kevin     80/1
Winstanley, Dean     80/1
Klaasen, Jelle     80/1
Gilding, Andrew     100/1
Nicholson, Paul     100/1
Kist, Christian     100/1
Beaton, Steve     100/1
Van De Pas, Benito     100/1
Baxter, Ronnie     125/1
Webster, Darren     125/1
Smith, Andy     125/1
Anderson, Kyle     125/1
Huybrechts, Ronny     125/1
Price, Gerwyn     125/1
Webster, Mark     150/1
Suljovic, Mensur     200/1
Gurney, Daryl     200/1
Henderson, John     200/1
Rodriguez, Rowby John     200/1
Kellett, Stuart     250/1
Part, John     250/1
Pallett, Dave     250/1
Jones, Wayne     250/1
Hopp, Max     250/1
Michael, John     400/1
Meulenkamp, Ron     400/1
Mackenzie, Scott     400/1
Lewis, Jamie     400/1
Haavisto, Jani     400/1
De Vreede, Ryan     400/1
Cullen, Joe     400/1
Artut, Jyhan     400/1
Mansell, Michael     400/1
McGrath, Mark     500/1
Muramatsu, Haruki     500/1
Marijanovic, Robert     500/1
Reyes, Cristo     500/1
Richardson, Dave     500/1
Koltsov, Boris     500/1
Ryder, Laurence     500/1
Kirchner, Scott     500/1
Stein, Sascha     500/1
Hon, Alex     500/1
Hogg, Jason     500/1
Viljanen, Kim     500/1
Wattimena, Jermaine     500/1
Weber, John     500/1
Arendse, Nolan     500/1
Perez, Christian     500/1


Name The Finalists
Phil Taylor & Michael Van Gerwen     11/4
Phil Taylor & Gary Anderson     13/2
Adrian Lewis & Michael Van Gerwen     10/1
James Wade & Michael Van Gerwen     14/1
Stephen Bunting & Michael Van Gerwen     16/1
Adrian Lewis & Gary Anderson     20/1
James Wade & Gary Anderson     25/1
Phil Taylor & Peter Wright     25/1
Phil Taylor & Dave Chisnall     28/1
Kim Huybrechts & Michael Van Gerwen     33/1
Raymond Van Barneveld & Michael Van Gerwen     33/1
Stephen Bunting & Gary Anderson     33/1
Michael Smith & Michael Van Gerwen     40/1
Simon Whitlock & Michael Van Gerwen     40/1
Phil Taylor & Robert Thornton     40/1
Mervyn King & Michael Van Gerwen     50/1
Kim Huybrechts & Gary Anderson     66/1
Raymond Van Barneveld & Gary Anderson     66/1
Phil Taylor & Terry Jenkins     66/1
Phil Taylor & Wes Newton     66/1
Adrian Lewis & Peter Wright     80/1
Adrian Lewis & Dave Chisnall     80/1
Simon Whitlock & Gary Anderson     80/1
Michael Smith & Gary Anderson     80/1
James Wade & Dave Chisnall     100/1
Phil Taylor & Andy Hamilton     100/1
James Wade & Peter Wright     100/1
Mervyn King & Gary Anderson     100/1
Adrian Lewis & Robert Thornton     125/1
Stephen Bunting & Peter Wright     125/1
James Wade & Robert Thornton     150/1
Stephen Bunting & Dave Chisnall     150/1
Adrian Lewis & Wes Newton     200/1
Adrian Lewis & Terry Jenkins     200/1
Stephen Bunting & Robert Thornton     225/1
James Wade & Terry Jenkins     250/1
Raymond Van Barneveld & Dave Chisnall     250/1
Kim Huybrechts & Peter Wright     250/1
Adrian Lewis & Andy Hamilton     250/1
Raymond Van Barneveld & Peter Wright     250/1
James Wade & Wes Newton     250/1
Kim Huybrechts & Dave Chisnall     250/1

Nice one DnB, plenty of options to choose from there.
Don't think Terry is a bad price there at 14/1 to win his quarter, although as you indicated he did come a cropper early on last year despite hitting a 9 darter. I don't fancy van Gerwen for it this year, too many poor patches in his game recently. Taylor still the one to beat for me.

Good info on  alternative bets dnb cheers

I think 4-1 Rowby to beat Barney is massive.
The wee man has been good on the floor this year and Raymond is gone at the game.