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Sunday, 31 December 2023

2024 Darts World Championships

The bets:
Gerwyn Price and Luke Humphries to reach the final £2 at 17/2
Chris Dobey £1 ew at 35/1
Rob Cross £1 @ 8/1 (free bet)

What happened:

Gerwyn Price went out early to blow the main bet.
Dobey led 4-0 in the quarter-final but fell 5-4 to Rob Cross.
Cross then went out in the semi to young phenom Luke Littler.
Humphries won.

Monday, 9 October 2023

2023 Cricket World Cup

The bet: £2 e/w South Africa at 19/2

Placed by: P

What happened:

South Africa looked good in the early part of the tournament but fell to Australia in the semi-finals.

2023 World Grand Prix Darts

The bet: £1 e/w Gary Anderson @ 40/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

Anderson edged past Jose de Sousa in a first round classic but couldn't repeat the feat against Andrew Gilding in the second round.

Wednesday, 13 September 2023

2023 PGA Championship

The bet: £1 e/w Eddie Pepperell @ 125/1 (Fifth odds, eight places)

Placed By: P

What happened: 

An opening round 76 was a poor start and a much-improved second round 68 wasn't enough for Pepperell to make that cut, missing out by one shot.

Monday, 28 August 2023

2023 Tour Championship

The bet: Xander Schauffele - Lowest 72 hole score @11/1 (£1.50 ew)

Placed by P:

What happened:

Schauffle and Hovland tied for lowest score so that meant another £13.80 in the win pot.

Wednesday, 19 July 2023

2023 Open Championship

The bets: (all 1/5 odds - places in brackets)

£4 Scottie Scheffler @ 7/1
£2 e/w Brooks Koepka @ 18/1 (10)
£2 e/w Max Homa @ 45/1 (10)
£2 e/w Justin Thomas @ 55/1
£2 e/w Dustin Johnson @ 25/1 (12)
£1 e/w Cameron Smith @ 14/1 (10)
£1 e/w Matthew Jordan @ 125/1 (10)
£1 e/w Patrick Cantlay @ 20/1 (10)
£1 e/w Brian Harman @ 80/1 (10)
£1 e/w Shane Lowry @ 25/1 (12)

Placed by: P

What happened:

Day 1 - Three players led on five under, our selections scored as follows...

-4 Harman
-3 Homa
-2 Jordan
-1 Cantlay, Koepka, Scheffler
+1 Smith, Lowry
+3 Johnson
+11 (yes, eleven) Thomas

Day 2 - An excellent 65 sees Harman with a five stroke lead

-10 Harman
-1 Homa, Jordan
+2 Smith
+3 Koepka, Scheffler, Cantlay
Missed cut
+7 Lowry
+11 Thomas
+13 Johnson

Day 3 - Harman holds on to that five stroke margin

-12 Harman
-3 Jordan (Tied for 11th)
-2 Homa
-1, Cantlay, Smith
+4 Koepka, Scheffler

Day 4 - Harman takes the win by six strokes

-13 Harman
-4 (T10th) Homa, Jordan
E Scheffler
+1 Smith, Cantlay
+8 Koepka

£98 for Harman, £8.67 Jordan, £6.67 Homa - nice!

Friday, 14 July 2023

2023 World Matchplay Darts

The bet: Luke Humphries £1.50 e/w @ 12/1

Placed by: P

What happened:

After wins over Jose De Sousa, Dirk van Duijvenbode and Damon Heta, Humphries fell 17-15 to Jonny Clayton in the semi-final.