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January30January 30, 2020

Masters Darts 2020 Betting Tips

With a month passing since Peter ‘Snakebite’ Wright was crowned world champion, the players return this weekend for the 2020 Darts Masters, made up of the top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit. Play takes place from January 31-February 2 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes and we now know the full draw and schedule for the event which will be broadcast live on ITV 4.

Michael van Gerwen, still the world’s number one, will be shooting for six in a row here as his customary way of opening the season. The five time defending champion banked an easy 11-5 win over James Wade in last year’s final but defeat in the final at the Ally Pally one month ago will only serve as extra motivation and, with a month off, the Dutchman will be fresh to take on all comers this weekend. Mighty Mike will take on the lowest-ranked player in the field, Wales’ Jonny Clayton in his opener and is an outright price of 11/10 at Betway.

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World number two Gerwyn Price went into the World Championships as many people’s favourite, looking likely to provide the biggest threat to the tournament favourite Michael van Gerwen. Despite a very strong end to 2019, such a challenge at the Worlds wasn’t to be after being out-thought in the battle of the mind games that was the semi-final against Peter Wright. Similar to Wright, it will be interesting to see what 2020 holds for in store for The Iceman. It will clearly be a big year for him and this tourney represents the ideal opportunity to lay down an early-season marker. Despite a first round exit twelve months ago, a much deeper run is expected of him this time around. 11/2 is his quoted price at Betway.

World champion Peter Wright recently enjoyed by far the biggest moment of his career, so far at least, shaking off his perennial choker’s tag in the process when he won at the Alexandra Palace. What this all means is that he will enjoy a flood of bets of his success now as the pressure mounts on the Scot to carry on winning. It’s an interesting question to ponder, what the season ahead holds for Snakebite.

After all, last year was almost one his worst ever seasons but, in true Peter Wright style where nothing is straight forward, right on his last throw of the season, it ended being his best on record. Snakebite was a losing semi-finalist last time out here and prior to that a quarter-finalist four years in a row. On the back of his Ally Pally victory he has been installed as the third favourite at 6/1, again with Betway.

James Wade is the only player in the line-up other than Michael van Gerwen who has been to more than one Masters final. After winning in 2014, he lost out in last year’s final to MVG and is considered to be a 33/1 shot to go one better this week. Anyone interested in Gary ‘The Flying Scotsman’ Anderson returning to the top of his sport in 2020 will be tempted by the 10/1 on him getting the new season off to a winnings start, just ahead of Rob Cross’ 12/1 which follows his disappointing World Championships.

Elsewhere, debutant Nathan Aspinall’s stock continues to rise following back to back semi-final appearances at the PDC World Championships. The Asp has even qualified for next month’s Darts Premier League and this could prove to be the breakout year for the 28-year-old who is rated as a 20/ shot with the online bookmaker Betway to win in Milton Keynes.

Friday February 1

First Round (Best of 19 legs)

Michael Smith v Mensur Suljovic
Nathan Aspinall v James Wade
Michael van Gerwen v Jonny Clayton
Rob Cross v Adrian Lewis

Saturday February 2

First Round (Best of 19 legs)

Daryl Gurney v Dave Chisnall
Gary Anderson v Ian White
Peter Wright v Joe Cullen
Gerwyn Price v Simon Whitlock

Sunday February 3

4x Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
2x Semi-Finals (Best of 21 legs)
Final Winner (Best of 21 legs)

QUICK GLANCE AT MASTER DARTS

Venue: Marshall Arena, Milton Keyne
Dates: 31.01.2020 – 02.02.2020
Format: Best of 19, 21 legs
Current Champion: Michael van Gerwen
Where To Watch: ITV 4
When To Watch: (1200, 1945 GMT)

January16January 16, 2020

Devastated Wayne Warren Wins BDO World Championships

By Peter FryersIn

Darts Betting Tips

Welshman Wayne Warren became the oldest BDO champion of all time when he lifted the BDO World Championship trophy on Sunday night but was left devastated when he found out about the prize fund cut. Warren, 57, claims he hasn’t yet been paid and had no prior knowledge about the cut funds or what his final figure will be.

Before the tournament, the BDO had informed players that the prize monies were going to be ‘somewhat reduced’ but, at the time of writing, such numbers are still waiting to be disclosed. All we know is that it will not be an equal figure to the sum that Glen Durrant took home for winning the same event in 2019.

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Former PDC World Championship finalist and current BDO star, Andy Hamilton called on the BDO chairman, Des Jacklin, to resign over the fiasco and named, as many have, Martin Adams as his potential successor as the chairman of the organisation. This was a request to which Wolfie responded positively, even proposing to move the BDO World Championships to Easter to avoid a clash with PDC event.

Recapping the action

In the final, Warren beat fellow Welshman Jim Williams 7-4 at The Indigo at The O2 in East London. Williams got off to a fast start, hitting a 102 checkout in the second leg before taking the opening set in just 13 darts. Williams then took the second not long after, landing enough maximums to punish Warren for missing three darts that would have put him level.

Warren did draw level soon after, taking out the following two sets to bring the match to 2-2 before sealing the fifth set after fighting back from two legs down. Warren then dropped off the boil completely in the next to allow Williams to produce a whitewash in the next.

Warren responded to take the seventh set, only to lose the eighth in a decider before moving ahead completely and rounding off a sensational victory with his second match dart on double top. The veteran Welshman had performed strongly over the week and deservedly got his hands on the BDO’s top prize and reward, whatever that is.

In the Women’s Championships, Mikuru Suzuki successfully defended her women’s BDO World Darts Championship title by beating four-time winner Lisa Ashton 3-0 in the final.

2020 PDC TOURNAMENT Schedule

With three weeks passing since Peter Wright lifted the Sid Waddell Trophy, all eyes are turning towards the new PDC season. Everything gets started all over again on the 31st of this month when the Darts Masters gets our 2020 calendar underway.

This year we will be heading to new venues in new towns in new countries globally including Prague, Budapest and New York, to name but three of the new stops along the way.

As ever, we will be looking forward to the majors such as the World Cup of Darts, Grand Slam of Darts and Champions League of Darts plus, of course, the World Darts Matchplay in Blackpool come July. Plus, eleven months from now, the Ally Pally will once more roar into life for the 2021 Darts World Championships all over again where Snakebite will seek to defend his trophy.

Of course, come February, the Darts Premier League gets going and, once again, each fixture will have a one-off challenger, all of which have been confirmed already. Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson, Gerwyn Price, Peter Wright, Nathan Aspinall, Rob Cross, Michael Smith, Daryl Gurney and Glen Durrant will all be competing each week and, following the success of the challengers last year when they stepped in for the injured Gary Anderson, they will be back as part of a reformed league.

The history-making 25-year-old Fallon Sherrock will be representing her home town of Nottingham on February 13, while the Highlander John Henderson will perform on the opening night in Aberdeen on February 6. Sherrock made history by becoming the first woman to win a match at the PDC World Championship, before beating number 11 seed Mensur Suljovic on her way to the third round, while Henderson also went out of the same tourney in the third round when he was beaten by Gerwyn Price.

In Cardiff, Jonny Clayton will perform just as William O’Connor will in Dublin on Night Four. Night Five in Exeter sees Luke Humphries chuck, one week before Stephen Bunting throws in Liverpool.

Newcastle’s local hero will be Chris Dobey while Jeffrey de Zwaan will represent in Rotterdam on Night Eight as will Jermaine Wattimena, also in Rotterdam one night later.

Any points collected by the challengers will not be applied to the league table, but players will receive financial rewards for avoiding defeat.

In the wise words of the Peter Wright walk-on theme, “it’s time to party!

Roll on 2020.

JANUARY

31- Feb 2 (Milton Keynes) The Darts Masters

FEBRUARY

6 (P&J Live, Aberdeen) Premier League Darts Night 1
13 (Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham) Premier League Darts Night 2
20 (Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff) Premier League Darts Night 3
27 (Motorpoint Arena, Dublin) Premier League Darts Night 4
28- Mar 1 (Ethias Arena, Hasselt) Belgian Darts Championship European Tour

MARCH

5 (Westpoint Arena, Exeter) Premier League Darts Night 5
6-8 (Minehead) UK Open Finals
12 (M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool) Premier League Darts Night 6
19 (Utilita Arena, Newcastle) Premier League Darts Night 7
20-22 (Glaspalast, Sindelfingen) European Darts Grand Prix European Tour
25 (Rotterdam Ahoy) Premier League Darts Night 8
26 (Rotterdam Ahoy) Premier League Darts Judgement Night
27-29 (Ostermann Arena, Leverkusen) European Darts Open European Tour

APRIL

2 (The SSE Arena, Belfast) Premier League Darts Night 10
9 (FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield) Premier League Darts Night 11
11-13 (Zenith, Munich) German Darts Grand Prix European Tour
16 (The Manchester Arena, Manchester) Premier League Darts Night 12
23 (Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin) Premier League Darts Night 13
30 (Arena Birmingham) Premier League Darts Night 14

MAY

1-3 (Premstattner Halle, Premstatten) Austrian Darts Open European Tour
7 (The SSE Hydro, Glasgow) Premier League Darts Night 15
8-10 (ERD Arena, Budapest Hungarian) Darts Open European Tour
14 (First Direct Arena, Leeds) Premier League Darts Night 16
21 (The O2, London) Premier League Darts Play-Offs
22-24 (Sachsenarena, Riesa) International Darts Open European Tour

JUNE

5-6 (Hulu Theater, Madison Square Garden, New York) US Masters World Series of Darts
12-13 (Forum Copenhagen) Nordic Darts Masters World Series of Darts
18-21 (Hamburg) World Cup of Darts
26-28 (Trier Arena, Trier) European Darts Matchplay European Tour

JULY

July 3-5 (Halle 39, Hildesheim) German Darts Championship European Tour
10-12 (Sparkassen-Arena, Jena) German Darts Open European Tour
18-26 (Winter Gardens, Blackpool) World Matchplay of Darts

AUGUST

21-22 (Claudelands Arena, Hamilton) New Zealand Darts Masters World Series of Darts

SEPTEMBER

5-6 (Morningside Arena, Leicester) Champions League of Darts
11-13 (WTC Expo, Leeuwarden) Dutch Darts Masters European Tour
18-20 (Venue TBC) World Series of Darts Finals
25-27 (Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar) Gibraltar Darts Trophy European Tour

OCTOBER

4-10 (Citiwest Hotel, Dublin) World Grand Prix
16-18 (Kralovka Arena, Prague) Czech Darts Open European Tour
29-Nov 1 (Dortmund) European Championship

NOVEMBER

14-22 (Aldersley Leisure Village, Wolverhampton) Grand Slam of Darts
27-29 (Butlin’s, Minehead) Players Championship Finals

DECEMBER

TBC (Alexandra Palace, London) 2021 PDC Darts World Championship

January8January 8, 2020

2020 BDO World Championships Week One Update

By Peter FryersIn

Darts Betting Tips

The 2020 BDO World Darts Championship got underway over the weekend hot on the heels of the 2020 PDC World Darts Championship. Sadly, despite being moved from its iconic Lakeside home to the more accessible Indigo Rooms at the O2, a tough few months for the struggling organisation has taken its toll on the event as dwindling crowds has led to a ferociously slashed prize pool.

The change in venue from the Lakeside Country Club in Surrey, which has hosted the competition since 1985, hasn’t gone down as well as hoped and, as a result, ticket sales for the 2020 tournament, which ends on Sunday, only reached an estimated 15% of total capacity. As a result, the prize money for the 2020 competition has been slashed by around 60% by the under fire organisers.

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This led to one internet joker updating the 2020 BDO Wiki page with his own prizing structure, inspired by 80’s TV classic Bullseye, including Bus Fare Home (BFH). All the same, the darts have been good and here’s how week one has been going so far.

A look at Week 1 action

Monday saw both sides of the BDO World Championship, men and women, set new benchmarks as Paul Hogan and Mikuru Suzuki both threw the best averages of their respective tournaments. In 12/1 hopeful Hogan’s case, he came agonisingly close to landing the first BDO World Darts Championship’s first nine-darter in 30 years since Paul Lim struck gold in 1990. Although he was denied his slice of history, it was still enough to send Adam Smith-Neale packing.

9/4 Suzuki, who competed in the PDC event at the Ally Pally last month, kept her recent good form going with an 84.92 average to fight back from a set down against Maria O’Brien to win and move into the next round. David Cameron – not that one – was also eliminated in the first round, in his case at the hands of Nick Fullwell, who has since been sent packing by 20/1 hopeful Dave Evans.

Betway’s 4/1 favourite, Jim Williams defeated Gary Stone but had to come through a tough contest, only winning his first match of the tournament in the final set. Williams could have been 2-0 up early on but missed set darts, which allowed Stone back into the match to take it the distance. Thibault Tricole was also taken all the way after scoring an unexpected but impressive 2-1 win over Ross Montgomery. On Tuesday, Tricole met with Scotland’s Ryan Hogarth in what proved to be a match too far, losing 3-1. Hogarth will now play tournament favourite Jim Williams.

Justin Hood averaged 90 in an excellent opening 3-1 win on Monday against Gabriel Pascaru before taking on and losing to third seed Richard Veenstra, who Betway have priced at 10/1. On Saturday, Andreas Harrysson lost 3-2 to 8/1 shot Wesley Harms, while Andy ‘The Viking’ Hamilton, 25/1, took care of Darren Herewini 3-1. 11/1 chance Michael Unterbuchner navigated his way into the next round by beating Willem Mandigers 3-1 but Martin Adams’ tournament is over after he was shot down 3-2 by 8/1 second favourite Scott Waites.

Three-time world champion ‘Wolfie’ Adams, an open critic of the move to London’s Docklands, suffered difficulty with his doubles, despite outscoring 16th seed Waites. Wolfie, 63, is now the players’ choice to take charge of the BDO and get the organisation back on track.

On the ladies’ side of the draw, 17-year-old 4/1 shot Beau Greaves won 2-0 against Tori Kewish to move into the next round. This was the same scoreline that cost Vicky Pruim, in for the absent Fallon Sherrock, her participation thanks to 25/1 chance Corrine Hammond.

On Tuesday, 14-year-old darting prodigy Leighton Bennett’s dreams were crushed after he lost 3-1 to Scott Mitchell, a returning former winner here and 10/1 2020 title hopeful. Elsewhere, Lisa Ashton won every leg in a brutal 2-0 victory against Paula Jacklin and Anastasia Dobromyslova beat Sharon Prins 2-0.

BDO World Darts Championship 2020 preview

Wednesday, January 8

Men’s Round Three Match
Lorraine Winstanley v Casey Gallagher
Men’s Round Three Match
Men’s Round Three Match
Men’s Round Three Match

Thursday, January 9

Ladies Quarter-Final Match
Men’s Round Three Match
Ladies Quarter-Final Match
Ladies Quarter-Final Match
Men’s Round Three Match
Ladies Quarter-Final Match
Men’s Round Three Match

Friday, January 10

Men’s Quarter-Final Match
Ladies Semi-Final Match
Men’s Quarter-Final Match
Ladies Semi-Final Match
Men’s Quarter-Final Match
Men’s Quarter-Final Match

Saturday, January 11

Men’s Semi-Final Match
Ladies 2020 World Championship Final
Men’s Semi-Final Match

Sunday, January 12

Men’s 2020 World Championship Final

QUICK GLANCE AT THE BDO WORLD DARTS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020

Venue: Indigo Room, 02 Arena
Dates: Saturday 04.01.2020
Format: Best of 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 sets
Current Champion: Glen Durrant (Men’s), Mikuru Suzuki (Women’s)
Where To Watch: Eurosport, Quest
When To Watch: (1300, 1900 GMT)