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Friday, 28 July 2017

22 July - World Matchplay Darts

The bets

Michael Smith - £1 e/w @ 40/1
Mensur Suljovic - £1 e/w @ 40/1

Placed by: P

Info

Smith was the first man knocked out (good work me) while Suljovic at least made the quarters before bowing out.

20 July - Open Championship

The bets

Thomas Pieters - £1 e/w @ 66/1
Rafa Cabrera Bello - £1/e/w @ 70/1
Lee Westwood - £1 e/w @ 80/1
Rickie Fowler - £2 e/w @ 16/1
John Rahm - £2 e/w @ 18/1
Tommy Fleetwood £2 e/w @ 25/1

Placed by: K

Info:

Rafa Cabrera Bello finished equal fourth, seven behind, without ever looking like winning to give a bet covering pick-up.

Fowler (E), Westwood (+1), Fleetwood (+1), Rahm (+3) and Pieters (+3) all made it to the weekend but couldn't get in the money.


Monday, 17 April 2017

14 April - World Snooker Championships

The bet: Judd Trump - £5 at 4/1

Placed by: P

Info:


8 April 2017 - The Masters

The bets:

Jon Rahm - £2 e/w @12/1

Justin Rose - £2 e/w @ 10/1

Rory McIlroy - £1 e/w @11/1

Phil Mickelson - £1 e/w @ 22/1

Placed by: K

Info:

A change of tack this year with the bets going on after the cut. It nearly paid off too with Justin Rose looking all over the winner before losing in a play-off to Sergio Garcia. Still £7 back.

Saturday, 17 December 2016

14 Dec - PDC World Darts Championships

Went a bit scattergun on this one!

The bets:

£3 win Peter Wright @12/1

£2 win Gary Andersom @ 13/2

£1e/w Dave Chisnall @ 40/1

£2 e/w Adrian Lewis @ 40/1

£1 e/w Corey Cadby @ 200/1

Placed by: P

What happened: 

No good. Various levels of failure with Anderson getting closest when beaten in the Final.


Friday, 25 November 2016

25 Nov - PDC Players Championship Finals

The bet: £2 e/w Peter Wright @16/1

Placed By: P

Info: 

Round One - Wright not at his best but gets past Jason Wilson 6-3.

Round Two - A potentially tough tie against James Wade turns into a tidy 6-2 win.

Round Three - A comfortable win for 'Snakebite' over Dutch youngster Ron Meulenkamp 10-3. Wright's quarter-final opponent will be previous failure for Gamblor, Kim Huybrechts.

Quarter-final - Wright survives a match dart to win 10-9.

Semi-final - Dave Chisnall ends Wright's hopes with an 11-8 win. Bah!

Sunday, 2 October 2016

2 October: World Grand Prix

The Bet: Kim Huybrechts £2 e/w @ 40/1

Placed by: P

Info:

I read something that said Huybrechts plays his best darts at this time of year.  Let's hope that continues.

The Hurricane came back from a set down in Round 1 to defeat Ian White but showed much better form in seeing off Steven Bunting 3-0 in the second round.

Th quarter-finals saw Huybrechts' exit the competition at the hands of World Champion Gary Anderson. Bah!