PDC Grand Slam of Darts- 9th-17th November 2019- Wolverhampton

[Addicks Fan]

Much of a muchness is right... You could 5 different players in there and they would probably have performed much the same.. and the 5 more again... That's the problem... They are all pretty much the same.. There are no Barney or Anderson or King as he was.. or Hankey or Fordham or Wolfie in their prime... You would look forward to any of them playing PDC players.. You can't say the same now about anybody in the BDO

The thing is that if you watch a BDO tournament, there will be matches which are good quality and players who play very well, but it is not easy to predict which ones! Every one of the BDO Players at the Slam may have played better the following week, although given that only Harms was in any sort of form that is unlikely. With 40 players focussed on their main tournament of the year, the odds are you will see better performances than those shown in the last week, especially the further into the tournamnet you get.

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LiveDarts interview with Snakebite.

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Following the completion of the first half of the Round of 16 we have now had 12 ton plus averages in the GSOD thus far.

100+ averages:

1. Michael Smith 113.62 Group Stage
2. Michael van Gerwen 111.38 Group Stage
3. Gabriel Clemens 110.27 Group Stage
4. Gary Anderson 105.08 Group Stage
5. Nathan Aspinall 104.65 Group Stage
6. Michael van Gerwen 104.53 Group Stage
7. Dave Chisnall 102.02 Last 16
8. Michael Smith 101.56 Last 16
9. Peter Wright 101.11 Group Stage
10. Ross Smith 101.10 Group Stage
11. Darren Webster 100.86 Group Stage
12. Daryl Gurney 100.49 Last 16

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Wade igniting the game with a 161 checkout for a break and levelling the match at 4-4. Been pretty poor fayre prior to that.

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Wade responding to Adie's shouting by giving it large after hitting the winning double in that 9th leg.

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Two consecutive bull finishes for Wade.

Not playing great but as MVG articulates, he is hitting the right shot at the right moment.

Don't see any way back for Lewis, and expect Wade to win by 3 legs.

[ChrisW]

Well played Lewis.

[ILAD]

Crap camera work again.

[ssjsa]

Adie did brilliant to win that match.

Wade in control since going 5-4 up, but credit to Lewis who stuck in there and got the win.

[TheSandman]

Some comeback from Lewis there.

Looked like the 2011 version for 4 legs

[The Crusader]

Gutted, Wade always falls for Adie"s gamesmanship (not complaining) of over celebrating, retrieving darts slowly etc. I know Wade does stuff also so as stated not moaning. More annoyed Wade hasn't realised his antics and just stood back a little or try something different.

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Thursday November 14 (1900 GMT)
Second Round x4

James Wade (93.23) 9 (19) 10 (95.99) Adrian Lewis
Gerwyn Price v Darren Webster
Michael van Gerwen v Ian White
Gary Anderson v Robert Thornton

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Stats from that Lewis vs Wade match.

[WizardofozFan]

Great last 5 minutes between Wade & Lewis, before that it was a complete damp squib and a reminder of how far both have fallen in the past 3 or 4 years. Lewis picked it up and credit to him, some OTT celebrations that he shouldn't be proud of though.

Nice line at the end of the interview after discussing his own poor form in the past few years, Lewis said "some people thought I was BDO"

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Adie's talk of Baywatch promoting this response.

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Price absolutely destroying Webster here.

Making a great defence of his title thus far.

[ChrisW]

Pray for demolition fan.

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LiveDarts interview with Adie.

[The Crusader]

2 matches tonight and sky missed both match darts

[ILAD]

Two matches in a row were the winning double has been missed by the cameras.