Winmau World Masters

[Dannyboy]

A tournament that pays out less money than a PC Event is no longer a major.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Im guessing putting the stage games inbetween the the 2 days of floor tournaments is so they hope the place is packed out with people? makes zero sense otherwise.

Surely Sportotal must be doing something about this, Tony did say he had spoken to them at the agm and they had good news.

They would have to do the Lakeside qualifiers last anyway or it would just be ridiculous.

Remember a few years back where they had the Lakeside qualifiers before the end of the qualification year and you had people entering just to hedge their bets in case they didn't get in through the main table?

Yeah but isnt it usually

Masters Day 1
Lakeside Playoffs
Masters Day 2
Masters Day 3

As once we are at the stage part the qualifiers are known?

At least it was when I used to go watch it in Hull

[BlueSpark]

Are the seeds still getting parachuted in at the televised stage?

[Rout]

Im guessing putting the stage games inbetween the the 2 days of floor tournaments is so they hope the place is packed out with people? makes zero sense otherwise.

Surely Sportotal must be doing something about this, Tony did say he had spoken to them at the agm and they had good news.

They would have to do the Lakeside qualifiers last anyway or it would just be ridiculous.

Remember a few years back where they had the Lakeside qualifiers before the end of the qualification year and you had people entering just to hedge their bets in case they didn't get in through the main table?

And some players offering other players to throw the deciding game (when they have already qualified) in exchange for a portion of the other guys first round winnings.

[Ginge]

Im guessing putting the stage games inbetween the the 2 days of floor tournaments is so they hope the place is packed out with people? makes zero sense otherwise.

Surely Sportotal must be doing something about this, Tony did say he had spoken to them at the agm and they had good news.

They would have to do the Lakeside qualifiers last anyway or it would just be ridiculous.

Remember a few years back where they had the Lakeside qualifiers before the end of the qualification year and you had people entering just to hedge their bets in case they didn't get in through the main table?

And some players offering other players to throw the deciding game (when they have already qualified) in exchange for a portion of the other guys first round winnings.

Ah yes forgot about that. At least by doing it last this time around it will avoid all of those shenanigans.

[Zeyes]

Yeah but isnt it usually

Masters Day 1
Lakeside Playoffs
Masters Day 2
Masters Day 3

As once we are at the stage part the qualifiers are known?

At least it was when I used to go watch it in Hull

No, it was:

Wednesday Lakeside playoffs
Thursday Masters floor rounds
Fri-Sun Masters stage rounds

[ifm]

A tournament that pays out less money than a PC Event is no longer a major.

This is not about the PDC.

[malcy93]

Remember the new Freeview sports channel owned by the guys behind Premier Sports is supposed to launch end August. So before the Masters.

No news yet on what it will be covering. May be a reason for this being midweek as that tends to be when there is least competing live sport.

[thelad1985]

we need a good showin on tv. ill be at masters but at the end of the day people need to realise that bdo is the sport side of the game. get it on tv.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Remember the new Freeview sports channel owned by the guys behind Premier Sports is supposed to launch end August. So before the Masters.

No news yet on what it will be covering. May be a reason for this being midweek as that tends to be when there is least competing live sport.

Their promises with zero advertising seems interesting. Apparently going be showing football on freeview every night of the week

[Ginge]

Remember the new Freeview sports channel owned by the guys behind Premier Sports is supposed to launch end August. So before the Masters.

No news yet on what it will be covering. May be a reason for this being midweek as that tends to be when there is least competing live sport.

This has been listed as being on midweek since what, February? Long long before this new station was known about. It's in midweek out of desperation and TV can follow later, if at all.

[Zapp Brannigan]

Anyone actually going? Thinking of doing the masters floor day

[Deleted User]

we need a good showin on tv. ill be at masters but at the end of the day people need to realise that bdo is the sport side of the game. get it on tv.

Just like you were going to be one of the 7 paying customers at the WDT, but forgot to go?

You also posted that the Masters was at Lakeside, not that it matters as you won't be going.

[oche balboa]

A tournament that pays out less money than a PC Event is no longer a major.

Yet its the oldest major. It will remain a major, no one really cares what a johnny come lately darts fan thinks

[oche balboa]

Anyone actually going? Thinking of doing the masters floor day

Looking to get up there for at least a couple of days

[Ginge]

A tournament that pays out less money than a PC Event is no longer a major.

Yet its the oldest major. It will remain a major, no one really cares what a johnny come lately darts fan thinks

But yet thousands followed you on Twitter

[ifm]

A tournament that pays out less money than a PC Event is no longer a major.

Yet its the oldest major. It will remain a major, no one really cares what a johnny come lately darts fan thinks

Precisely, what has prize money got to do with it.

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[Ginge]

The relegation to midweek is the bigger disgrace, anyway.

[Serpo]

The World masters is the darts equivalent of footballs Johnstones Paint Trophy. It's wank.

All this talk of majors in darts is daft anyway, leave majors for golf. Darts has "Premier" competitions and the Winmau Johnstones Paint Trophy is not one of them either.

[Serpo]

The relegation to midweek is the bigger disgrace, anyway.

Is it a bigger disgrace than Des Selecta getting a seat in the board given his past history? Is it a bigger disgrace than Houseboy stabbing his mate Tommy in the back by sucking Des Selectas arse?