World Championship Competition

Are all these Players Outstanding in the Field of Darts?
We plant our thoughts ahead of the PDC Ladbrokes World Championships and scatter our performance analysis, betting advice and other miscellany ahead of the finals.

Ladbrokes.com - PDC World Championships
The first of the two World Finals, the PDC event, sponsored by bookmakers Ladbrokes gets underway on Thursday and we will be following events from Alexandra Palace, "the iconic venue that offers everything you want for an event", except for an underground station or a taxi home at the end of the night I seem to remember!

What are you talking about?
The recent World Cup and the Grand Slam have given us plenty of blog fodder. We will of course be looking out for any performance analysis issues during the World Finals, you can bet on that. We will also be analysing Ladbrokes' involvement with the competition, in particular the relationship between sport and gambling. We may even dispense some tips, but only if they are underpinned by a firm statistical base or we have thrown a dart at the fixture list to choose our winner.

Open a Book on the World Finals
I recently picked up a copy of my Schott`s Miscellany book to see if I could gather any inspiration from it for the darts blog. I did get some ideas and you will be seeing the `fruits` of this research over the next few weeks. However, imagine my surprise when I noticed just the other day that there is now a darting version of this type of book. The Darts Miscellany it is hecalled, not written by what would have been a most aptly named author, "Schott", but by a chap called Matt Bullseye. I made that up actually, he doesn`t have a darts related surname, sorry, it`s by Matt Bozeat.

The even better news is Matt has agreed to let us put some of the content of his new book on the blog and he has sent me some signed copies to give away as prizes. So if you prefer to get your kicks in a `risk free` environment we will be challenging you with a competition or two to win a copy of the book. If that is still too much of a chance for you to take to secure a copy just pop to Amazon to buy one.

See You Next Thursday
I can`t wait. It will be great to see some of the players we were `introduced` to at the recent World Cup. Magnus from Sweden and Mensur Suljovic, the player who baffles our bio-mechanist friends with his `unique` action. Also the dynamic Spaniard Alcinas, who rather incredibly seemed to have crept under the PDC radar despite reaching the last 16 in the PDC Amsterdam tournament this year? We will have more on his match against Wade nearer the time.

A Man Outstanding in his Field
Apparently, and keep this under your hat, the key to profitable betting is to back the value bet. There are just two other elements of `sage` betting advice I know. The first is that the odds generally reflect the chances of the likely outcome, hence the principle of `value` when the bookies potentially over-rate or under-rate a player`s chances. The second is form is crucial. Form may only be temporary but if it lasts for a whole darts match then happy days!
With that in mind we were surprised to see a man who has been outstanding in the darts field this season, Steve Farmer chalked up with just a 4 to 1 chance of beating our favourite Ozzie, Paul Nicholson. Steve Farmer has had a fantastic year, the excellent Darts Database website can help you here and by all accounts he is very dedicated to his practice regime (we like that). Nicholson does have the edge when it comes to experience on the stage so perhaps that may see him through. However, if you are that way inclined, it may be worth ploughing a pound or two into the `Farmers Market`.








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