Grand Slam Of Darts

chalkie 501

some entertainment,dont want this game to finish:)

hawkwing

Waites is one really likeable player,refuses to bend and really cool!No antics and appreciating his opponents (MVG's) form unlike a lot of others. Getting annoyed with Sky's obsession with the World's--this is an equally if not a better tournament i think,can't they give it a rest for a while--constant ads making little of this one almost..

Kingp35

Yeah it really is incredible darts from both. Great game

Max Power

Great game that, can't see anyone beating MVG now.

Waites is my new favorite darts player, hope he makes the switch to the PDC soon. Very likeable guy.

40 180s. :eek:

Will I Amnt

What a game. van Gerwen unstoppable in that form, hope he goes on to win it.
Waites just doesn't give up, super player.

hawkwing

What a pity Scotty missed 11's,also wish that was the final,but at least we have 3 more games to go:)

chalkie 501

yeah,You really have to like Waites
i go up to city west every year but this is the tournament i really want to go to now,brilliant brilliant tournament

Treble20

It would be great to see an All Dutch final tomorrow night. Another great day of darts,personally I think this tournament has passed out the World Matchplay as the 2nd biggest tournament in the PDC calendar.

shockframe

Treble20 wrote: »

It would be great to see an All Dutch final tomorrow night. Another great day of darts,personally I think this tournament has passed out the World Matchplay as the 2nd biggest tournament in the PDC calendar.

For me its the best PDC tournament right now.The fact that its really the only tournament that has players from both sides (altough lopsided in favour of the pdc) makes it as good as it is.

The matchplay being on in the summer doesnt help though thats more to do with clashing with the GAA.from the GSOD to mid january this is darts season.

Some game between MVG and waites.waites had 2 big finish chances to level it to 14-14 but MVG was a bit better.no fault on waites and in fairness given the sulking from MR.T and some others in tournaments conducted himself well.surely gonna move to the pdc after tonight.dont like MVG all that much I have to say but he has thrown some fair arrows over the last few days.he is the best player left in it.

good to see barney back in form but I would be fearful he will revert to pdc type against hamilton.even though hes playing well he could mess it all up tomorrow afternoon.

shockframe

shockframe wrote: »

surely gonna move to the pdc after tonight.

he didn't move after he won it, so not sure why he might after losing a quarter final.

I suspect whether he moves will be determined by whether he wins a BDO World title.

Max Power

9-6 to Barney after a shaky start. Decent game.

Kingp35

It's great to see Barney so fired up and passionate again. He is looking very good at the moment.

KevIRL

gogogo Barney

RVB v MVG final has a nice ring to it

manafana

Yeah my view is Waites wants to come over as BDO CHAMP.

barney has turned it on since last break great darts

Max Power

Made hard work of that in the end.

Kingp35

MvG is unbeatable in this form. It's just pure genius

Will I Amnt

Poor auld Deano. van Gerwen in ruthless form. Last 2 checkouts were ridiculous.
Round half the board with 2 trebles and a double and then a double double. Brilliant stuff.

Max Power

Poor old Deano, he'll age another 10 years after this.

tippman26

this man is a machine!!!

hawkwing

180's scored before the semi's today,Taylor's 1 sticks out,of course he goes down the board a lot but still it's a bit miserly..(7 180's between the top 3 ranked players)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Grand_Slam_of_Darts

Scott Waites 23
Michael van Gerwen 20
Raymond van Barneveld 20
Christian Kist 19
Gary Anderson 17
Wes Newton 14
Andy Hamilton 13
Kevin Painter 12
Dean Winstanley 11
Tony O'Shea 9
Terry Jenkins 8
Simon Whitlock 7
Wesley Harms 6
Steve Beaton 6
Wayne Jones 6
Robert Thornton 5
Arron Monk 5
Mark Walsh 5
James Hubbard 5
Mervyn King 4
Brendan Dolan 4
Paul Nicholson 4
Adrian Lewis 4
Ted Hankey 4
Mark Webster 3
Martin Phillips 3
John Part 2
Co Stompé 2
James Wade 2
Jan Dekker 2
Phil Taylor 1
Barrie Bates 1

briany

Final's going to be short tonight. MVG to win comfortably. I'd say that the first 12 legs or so will be tight, maybe 7-5 MVG. Then, he'll turn on the afterburners and from there on in, it'll be one way traffic. Wouldn't mind being wrong, as I like Barney but, yeah, MVG is unstoppable on current form.

Treble20

MVG not hitting the form of the past few games so far and Barney taking advantage and leading 11-9 at present. Still time for Van Gerwen to turn the game around but Barney looks determined tonight to win a Major title for the first time in 5 years. The next session will be make or break for Van Gerwen.

Max Power

Another 170 from MVG!

Max Power

Well done Barney. Well deserved.

monkey9

Delighted for Barney. Great to see him win a tv major once again. Hopefully he kicks on from here and gets back to the level we know he can reach.

Ah great to see. Hard to imagine its 5 years since his last major.

Will I Amnt

Well done Barney, van Gerwen nowhere near his form throughout the competition.
Exciting final but not a great standard compared to what has been served up over the last week.

Overall it's been one of the best tournaments I can remember. Only the World Championship will be ahead of this in the competition I'll be most looking forward to now.

KevIRL

Welcome back Raymond

Treble20

Delighted for Barney tonight. There was conversations here on the forum about Barney and his downward spiral in recent times and it was hard to see him winning a major again and myself included thought the Dutch legend would keep slipping down the rankings but great to see him prove all the critics wrong and win a Major again after 5 and a half years. Van Gerwen will bounce back,Ally Pally 2013 could be his 1st World title.

Joekers

Absolutley thrilled for Barney