Nine darter prize

[ChrisW]

Should there be one?

[Deleted User]

Ask Hamo.

Oh, wait.......

[only85]

didnt o sullivan pull the same excuse a few years ago for a 147 this is looking like its ,look at me im that great & good but im not bothered if theres nowt serious in it for me & stuff the fans who can go home & say i was there, fair enough its up to him to go for it or not, however greed & whats in it for me attitude is not a good look to be portraying imo

[BlueSpark]

Ask Hamo.

Oh, wait.......

[Ginge]

Hes a tit. He still needs to hit the double to win the leg (Ronnie missing the last black of a 147 on purpose would still win him the frame) so he may as well go for it.

[Deleted User]

Hes a tit. He still needs to hit the double to win the leg (Ronnie missing the last black of a 147 on purpose would still win him the frame) so he may as well go for it.

Is the correct answer.

The prize money pot was boosted at the expense of the 9 darts prizes. As he hoovers up a huge chunk of that ,hes actually taking it from the lesser players that hit 9 darters on the ProTour.

[malcy93]

didnt o sullivan pull the same excuse a few years ago for a 147 this is looking like its ,look at me im that great & good but im not bothered if theres nowt serious in it for me & stuff the fans who can go home & say i was there, fair enough its up to him to go for it or not, however greed & whats in it for me attitude is not a good look to be portraying imo

To save money World Snooker stopped the individual 147 prize.

Now there’s a £1m prize pot but it’s only paid out for 20+ 147s in the 1 year tour season (snookers not a calendar year as the season ends at the WC in May). Then if 20+ the pot is shared by all those making it. So if 21 147s each gets 1/21 of the pot. If you made 3 of those you get your 3 shares so 3/21.

Only point is I think maximum 147# in a season in past is only something like 12 so never likely to be paid out.

Is why O’Sullivan deliberately messed a 147 up right at the end as said he wouldn’t be paid for it and others doing the same.

So saves the organisers money but must be a negative for fans and the venue and TV viewers with most players now not bothering.

[ChrisW]

To be fair there is a prize.

[Deleted User]

To be fair there is a prize.

He already has plenty of those pin badges.

[malcy93]

To be fair there is a prize.

He already has plenty of those pin badges.

But it’s a gold coloured one as was on TV
The rest get silver colour for been made on floor tournaments.

I presume the ET and televised board at the PC are still silver as not real TV ?

[Deleted User]

To be fair there is a prize.

He already has plenty of those pin badges.

But it’s a gold coloured one as was on TV
The rest get silver colour for been made on floor tournaments.

I presume the ET and televised board at the PC are still silver as not real TV ?

ET events count as streamed. Only TV Majors get the gold ones. In bold in the list in this article.

https://www.pdpa.co.uk/statistics/9-dart-club/

[1205]

A 9-darter is worth one leg.

[Deleted User]

A 9-darter is worth one leg.

Thank you, Bertrand Russell.

Will you be along later to explain that a 147 break is worth one frame?

[TheSandman]

I think everyone sees it’s easier to hit 9 darters on today’s boards. Go back to 2002 sized segments and their would be a prize for a 9 darter.

[Ginge]

A 9-darter is worth one leg.

Thank you, Bertrand Russell.

Will you be along later to explain that a 147 break is worth one frame?

Except it isnt. Once you get to 80+ points the frame is won.

[DavidB]

Get the begging bowl out...oh no no no, doesn’t happen in the PDC

[ChrisW]

I think everyone sees it’s easier to hit 9 darters on today’s boards. Go back to 2002 sized segments and their would be a prize for a 9 darter.

2002 was a vintage year for the 9er. 5 in total.
The previous 3 years there was just one.

[Deleted User]

I think everyone sees it’s easier to hit 9 darters on today’s boards. Go back to 2002 sized segments and their would be a prize for a 9 darter.

And yet even with the ridiculous Winmau/180 segments it doesn't happen in the BDO.

How can this be?

[Deleted User]

A 9-darter is worth one leg.

Thank you, Bertrand Russell.

Will you be along later to explain that a 147 break is worth one frame?

Except it isnt. Once you get to 80+ points the frame is won.

That's a bit of a whoosh. We're saying completing a 9 gets 1 leg just like completing a 147 gets 1 frame.

[Dannyboy]

Yeah, only £2.5m won by MVG in the last two years....