darts - world grand prix

[presto]

get your telly on sky sports 2 for the next 5 hours for darts action.

not done too much research (shame on me) but i think this event is a short game length and double to start (and finish) - will listen to what they say in the introduction. but plenty of trading to be done.

[presto]

first up - sams vs par.
part @ 1.2 for me

[presto]

looks like there's some serious trader playing here, someones playing around with £200k :yikes:

[presto]

now that game just shows how great darts is.

£46K gubbed @ 1.01 part :yikes: £150k+ 1.10
great for trading - though only managed a few quid, but it just shows you should always green up.

[presto]

painter vs callaby up next - fancy painter @ 1.6

[Mattw07]

very true on the greening up, it saved me a few quid as well then, didnt expect that at all.

[presto]

now that really pissed me off ;fire

had £20 - £0 on painter when it was evens - click to green up, and the :censored: internet connection went ;fire

it only went for 5 mins (both computers) - but it cost me a min £10

the ISP is usually so reliable, but it always :censored: 's up when the darts is on ;fire

[presto]

fancy terry for the next @ 2

[presto]

don't know what's happening in the darts. the first 5 fav's all lost :yikes:

part @ 1.2
lloyd @ 1.2
walsh @ 1.5
painter @ 1.6
a jenkins @ 1.95

made a pittance trading, so called it a night early on - i trade a lot on oppinion / value aswell as conventional trading. but when everything is going against you it aint easy.

[vegyjones]

don't mean to be funny,
but shouldn't this be in off topic as opposed to sports bets :laugh

[presto]

these men are top athletes

[vegyjones]

linford christie's got nothing on him :laugh

[presto]

i hear andy fordham's lunchbox put's linford's famous lunchbox to shame in terms of size though.
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fizzy drinks, larger, peperami, ham / cheese / beef sandwhiches, mini chedder biscuits, hobnobs, hula hoops, monster munch, walkers 6 pack of mixed crisps, mars bars, 1kg of galaxy............... you name it the viking packs it.

[Jonny2621]

Saw Andy at the Rangers v Molde game, nice guy, still absolutely massive ! He lost a load of weight on the celeb diet program though didnt he ??

[presto]

preistly to beat matthews @ 1.2

[mathare]

Anything for the next couple of days Presto? I have a free £5 bet on the darts with Skybet

[presto]

2nd round matches

MARDLE vs smith @ 1.26
callaby vs JENKINS @ 1.6
ANDERSON vs mccracken @ 1.2
MANLEY vs sams @ 1.3

baxter vs wade ? (very close- odds not properly formed)
SCHOLTEN vs beaton @ 1.4+
TAYLOR vs barney @ 1.4+
preistly vs lewis ?

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as for the free bet - i doupt it's worth putting it on a single for a very small return.
manley / mardle are cracking EW bets if you can get decent odd's as they have a pretty easy run in to the final (no taylor / barney) - though they will play each other if they both win tonight.

[presto]

mardle 10/1
manley 16/1
with sky bet.

manley probably represents the better EW value though i would have prefered longer odds. (as always).

sporting odd's go 22/1 on manley
mardle commonly available @ 12/1

[mathare]

The bet is a £5 single or each-way bet on the darts. I did wonder about going for someone e-w on the outright market but wasn't sure who represented value so thanks for the above.

Is it worth trying a fiver on one of the above to win without reply (2-0?) tonight?

[presto]

it's 3 sets tonight.
mardle 3-0 is only 13/8 - which imo is a little short

mardle 3-1 @ 5/2 is a bit better - and imo is a much better bet as smith will have at least 1 set where he is throwing first, so if all goes to throw smith should win a set.

i must admit set / leg betting is not something i look into much.

it's just a shame about the short odd's on manley to win EW, as he beat mason (good darter) 2-0 in the first round. and looked like he should make the final (if he can beat mardle - which he has a good posibility of doing).

[mathare]

Nice one - cheers mate

[presto]

not sure what sky are doing with the darts.
the cricket has overun into the darts - and it's not on another channel.

it's been on SS2 all week - so why change it to SS1 following a live event.

[presto]

wade vs baxter first up - should be a cracker.

wade is the 1.68 fav, and i am a big fan of this guy.
baxter is 2.46 and could very well win tonight.

i think wade may edge it - but would want 1.8 at least if i were to bet. this could go all the way.

[presto]

phil beats barnie in the biggie.

lewis vs preistly up next, - this could be a cracker. both in good form especially preistly. and preistly is a very slow thrower which could upset the quick lewis out of his rythm. possibly preistly on this one.

[Mattw07]

Good call, what a match.

[presto]

was avery good match, preistly was looking quality on the doubles.

QUARTERS

manley vs smith
taylor vs scholten
preistly vs wade
anderson vs jenkins

some quality looking matches up next.

[Win2Win]

Anyone watch the Celeb Darts? Don't usually watch celeb anything, but since it was darts, and on when I was in bed.........pretty funny, and thank God Vegas didn't win :)

[presto]

manley on fire,

[presto]

manley 9 / 11 double with the first shot. 90+ adv (with a double start thats excelent) - could be a match for taylor with that.

[presto]

manley vs jenkins up next. have to stick with manley in this one - he was throwing great the other day, and i am not a massive fan of jenkins - how he can be one game of the premier league is pretty unbeleivable.

though he has been doing a 'lloyd' and entering every single tournament, for the points.

[presto]

forgot all about the final (to be honnest i wasn't too bothered about it anyway). - anyway was going to tip taylor to win it easy. - but i turn on and what do i see?

jenkins 2-0 up in sets :yikes:
just looking at the odds - taylor went off at 1.05 :yikes:

even now taylor is 1.20
still think he will win (especially over the extended game) - first to 7 sets, thats a real long game, and jenkins can struggle over extended periods - wheras the power won't. and will possibly improve over time.

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was dissapointed in manley yesturday, i really did think he would reach the final and was a great bet, but his doubles just wern't there yesturday which let jenkins in.

[wb]

Jenkins really got off to a great start. At one point, I considered placing a bit, but Jenkins started to bottle it.

[presto]

i hope this isn't 'liable' but i have often wondered if any dart's player would consider losing a few legs / set's at the start of the match to net them a massive trade.
i mean £500,000 traded @ 1.05 pre event, with huge ammounts available IR, i think the 1st prize was £25k - so that would pale in comparrison of a big trade - with plenty of time to come back and win the game.

especially for the 'non phil taylors' of the darts world.