2015/16 PDC WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW/SCHEDULE - Thu 17th Dec - Sun 3rd Jan

SECOND ROUND - Best of 7 sets, Best of 5 Legs Per Set
Saturday December 26 (6pm-10pm)
Whitlock/Evans v Caven/Rasztovits/Szabo
Chisnall/Rodriguez v Pipe/Kist
G Anderson/Boulton/Laursen v J Lewis/Gurney


Sunday December 27 - Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Smith/De Zwaan v Beaton/Kokiri
White/Van den Bergh v van de Pas/Hopp
Van der Voort/Ryder v Dolan/K Anderson


Sunday December 27 - Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
van Barneveld/van Duijvenbode v Bunting/Artut
Wade/Scheffer/Michael v Newton/Reyes
van Gerwen/Gaweenuntawong/Eidams v Henderson/D Webster


Monday December 28 - Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
Thornton/Norris v Hamilton/Murnan
Jenkins/Young v M Webster/Sun/McGowan
K Huybrechts/Pallett v Suljovic/Wattimena


Monday December 28 - Evening Session (7.30pm-11.30pm)
A Lewis/Dekker v Gilding/Price
Wright/Brown v Winstanley/R Huybrechts
Taylor/Ono/Tagarao v Painter/Viljanen/Groen


Last Match of SECOND ROUND - Best of 7 sets, Best of 5 Legs Per Set
Tuesday December 29 - Afternoon Session (1pm-5pm)
King/Oreshkin/Lim v Klaasen/Cullen

QUARTER-FINALS  - Best of 9 sets
Friday January 1 - Afternoon Session (1pm-4.30pm)
TBC

QUARTER-FINALS - Best of 9 sets
Friday January 1 - Evening Session (7.30pm-11pm)
TBC

SEMI-FINALS - Best of 11 sets
Saturday January 2 (8pm-11.30pm)
TBC

FINAL - Sunday January 3 (7pm-10pm) - Best of 13 sets



In the Preliminary Round there will be no tie-break, and should a game go to the third set, the fifth leg would be the deciding leg.

In all other rounds, a tie-break would apply in the final set only, where a player must win by two clear legs. Should the score in the final set reach 5-5, a sudden-death leg would be played.

Great posting DnB, thank you. I'm away until Saturday night but will tune in from then on. CANT WAIT

Looking forward to joining in the fun n frolics during Xmas guys. Annual tradition :)

Can anyone remember what the line on the tournament 180s was last year?

Moonjago...there's a total 180s thread on here from last year...

I'm in the wilderness on my phone otherwise I'd post the link.

Ok...found it...last year world champs 625x180

Moonjago, Last worlds opening spread was indeed Under 600 at 595.5

The 180s has definitely increased leg on leg this season.
Like any spread being covered, the 180 count is dependent on the big hitters going deep along with long matches.
Though on the last 2 years stats it was a mixture of both.

I'm in the positive camp and on accordingly...Overs all the way again for me - Over 625.5x180s

Bwin are offering Over/Under 650.5 @ 11/13 if you can get on.

There's so many specials markets this year. When I get round to it i'll post them all up.


Good luck everyone with your Outright bets and daily selections...1 Day to go

Evening all,

Unfortunately got that much going on at work just now I will only be making fleeting visits. Feel a bit sad not to be posting the previews been a big part of the tourney for years for me but actually feel a bit out of touch as I'm only seeing a bits and pieces of the last few tourneys

HH

Ah no HH just logged in to see if you were around. Terrible news tournament won't be the same without you mate.

There's now roughly 30+ weekends of pdc events per year, be it behind closed doors floor pro tour/streamed european pro tour events/delayed tv world series of darts/tv majors, and other tv events (played over a weekend) that are pretty much tin pot tourneys, not worthy of being called a "major."

Good News/Bad News

Hibbee returns, but no Reviews...This is a huge blow to us and more so the many once a year Christmas regulars who bring so much fun, banter and frivolity to add to the forum to tie in with the enjoyment of the arrers on the box.

This could be the start of the demise of the forum from here on in, but for now we still have the pdc world champs and bdo mens and bdo ladies world champs to look forward to. What better way to rejoice the pre darts festive season by sharing some golden gems from happyhibbee - The Greatest Darts Forum Reviewer Ever!!!


17th December 2014

"Seems like no time at all since last years tournament and I was sat laughing at random people on a forum who I've never met. Welcome one and all to the best 2 weeks on the betfair forum again and lets hope all the old faces and some new ones are here Happy

Should be around for most of it but don't finish work till Christmas Eve and I'm having some issues with laptop just now so if a preview doesn't appear there's probably more than enough people to contribute. However like sprouts and turkey it's almost tradition for these things so hopefully all goes smoothly.

Onwards and upwards to have a look at the first night anyway"


Christian Perez v Cristo Reyes:

As big a degenerate gambler as I am I can honestly say I could count on one hand how many bets I've had over the years in the prelim matches. Such a short race means it doesn't really float my boat but good luck to those who can find a bit of value.

Recommendation: No Bet

Michael van Gerwen v Joe Cullen:

Defending champ takes to the stage on the first night as is tradition and in all honesty shouldn't have too much trouble in progressing. Cullen was billed as a potential top 32 player a while back but hasn't kicked on and I've seen nothing to suggest he can trouble MVG. Can't see a bet here so happy to sit and watch.

Recommendation: No Bet

Wes Newton v Winning Qualifier:

As many might know on here I'm not really a fan of Newton as I think he's wildly inconsistent and his darts go in at an odd angle which doesn't help his cause. He's also had a poor year but until opponent is known it's pretty hard to do much. What I would say is the standard in the prelims is improving and last year of the 8 winners we had 2 who won their R1 match and only 2 lost to nil. Wes actually played a qualifier last year and won 3-1 so depending on prices I might look to lay 3-0 at odds on.

Recommendation: No bet at present

Summary: *No bets.
Best of luck to all who are punting and lets hope we can have the usual laughs, opinions and value winners until after the New year has come and gone Happy
HH

*There were a few recommendations for Day 1, but the "No Bets" posts are too legendary to pass by.

hh

Real shame, hope to still see you posting during the comp though.

Sorry youve taken the news so badly Alun

However if its NO BET action you seek I direct you to Kevin my maximum bets 1/4 point Pullein in the post

And to save you having to worry about previews heres mine

Lay Taylor to win the tourney for your absolute maximum and some

Alun, terrific stuff old beam. Fear not for I have kind of sucked myself into offering some legendary HH "No Bets" for tonight's opening round matches for your perusal. All will soon be revealed once my publisher has given me the nod and all clear. Believe it or not, she still bollocks me for using but at the start of a sentence. (But) What does one expect seeing as I landed myself with a grade 5 CSE in English some 33 years ago?

Only 4.5hrs to go...

only one small wager for me tonight, wright, gurney, bouton    treble pays about 11/4, don't seem the worst bet  to me, wright is so consistent  and looks pretty sure to take care of  brown who seems to have  stop improving   at there moment , in fact poss regressed a touch, gurney i thought would be  clear fav after his decent display against  mvg  and bouton cos last time i saw tontines opponent play he was fcn hopeless!!!fingers xssed as usual

Sow, noticed your match treble is enhanced at Koral to 10/3

Evening all,

Will still be about Steps just don't have time to write out long previews and honestly wouldn't feel right doing it given how little I've actually watched this year.

Token bet for me tonight is Gurney and Wright to win and all players to win at least a set. Pays 19/5 with the sponsors and hopefully give a run for my money

i think this year I'm going to have my bets and not trade (singles) but i may lay last leg of any multiple i get running  just to retrieve stakes but I'm going to keep stakes low. tontines treble just £50 and if the fist 2 win ill lay the last if he's the same or shorter than I've taken (i won't lay any  bigger)