PDC World Championship- 13th December 2019- 1st January 2020 Alexandra Palace- London

[The Crusader]

Mardle said this will be a good year for the seeds

[Vriezzer]

Mardle said this will be a good year for the seeds

This is where it went wrong.

[ssjsa]

Another seed bites the dust. Both Labanauskas and White played well.

Any outside chance that White had for PL selection now gone.

[devosteve]

Part said that as well. Pundits give opinions.

[ssjsa]

Sunday December 15
Afternoon Session (1230 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Kyle Anderson (89.56) 3 (5) 2 (83.16) Xiaochen Zong (First Round)
Ross Smith (87.67) 0 (5) 3 (90.08) Ciaran Teehan (First Round)
Brendan Dolan (97.35) 3 (5) 0 (90.17) Nitin Kumar (First Round)
Ian White (100.33) 1 (5) 3 (96.31) Darius Labanauskas (Second Round)

Evening Session (1900 GMT)
3x First Round, 1x Second Round

Arron Monk v Jose Justicia (First Round)
Andy Boulton v Danny Baggish (First Round)
James Richardson v Mikuru Suzuki (First Round) 
Michael Smith v Luke Woodhouse (Second Round)

[ssjsa]

First ton plus average of this year's WC and it isn't enough to get White a win.

[DavidB]

Another seed bites the dust. Both Labanauskas and White played well.

Any outside chance that White had for PL selection now gone.

He never had even a slim chance let alone an outside chance lets be realistic here.

Still waiting for him to bring his best game to tv and win an event as we’ve been told...

More chance of Jamie Lewis winning a major

[Dannyboy]

Another year like last year with seeds falling all around each other.

Just me who thinks the L96 is helping these Pro Tour winners who are clearly very dangerous (heck having Huybrechts first match for Cross) and having accustomed to the stage.

[DavidB]

Another year like last year with seeds falling all around each other.

Just me who thinks the L96 is helping these Pro Tour winners who are clearly very dangerous (heck having Huybrechts first match for Cross) and having accustomed to the stage.

Course it is and simply 96 players is far too many for an event of this nature and stature!

[ssjsa]

LiveDarts interview with Brendan Dolan.

[Dannyboy]

Another year like last year with seeds falling all around each other.

Just me who thinks the L96 is helping these Pro Tour winners who are clearly very dangerous (heck having Huybrechts first match for Cross) and having accustomed to the stage.

Course it is and simply 96 players is far too many for an event of this nature and stature!

I actually like having all of these international qualifiers - there are no gimmes anymore. Look at the Chinese and Indian qualifier today for instance. They all can play. The days of Nakagawa v French are over.

[Duneh9617]

The game is expanding far too wide globally, and the breadth of quality is way to excellent to involve less than 96 players in it. Nonsense that the size of the playing field should be reduced. Throughout the season we've seen that the gap in quality between top, subtop and regular players is very small nowadays.

[Addicks Fan]

The game is expanding far too wide globally, and the breadth of quality is way to excellent to involve less than 96 players in it. Nonsense that the size of the playing field should be reduced. Throughout the season we've seen that the gap in quality between top, subtop and regular players is very small nowadays.

Regardless of the quality, it is on too long, therefore if you are going to have one stage, I think you reduce the numbers.

[ssjsa]

Another year like last year with seeds falling all around each other.

Just me who thinks the L96 is helping these Pro Tour winners who are clearly very dangerous (heck having Huybrechts first match for Cross) and having accustomed to the stage.

You are correct, there is no doubt that playing in the First Round is helping in getting the Pro Tour qualifiers accustomed to the stage, but no guarantee that they will get through those first matches.

There is also the factor that the high quality of player is going much deeper into the OOM, with the Euro Tour helping those lower down the OOM to gain experience of a big crowd stage environment.

[devosteve]

It doesn't go on too long for me. I like the short break on Christmas day and new years eve.

and the numbers feel right.

keep it as it is.

[Wubbalubbadubdub]

Mardle said this will be a good year for the seeds

He must have a share in a medicinal cannabis farm

[ssjsa]

Another year like last year with seeds falling all around each other.

Just me who thinks the L96 is helping these Pro Tour winners who are clearly very dangerous (heck having Huybrechts first match for Cross) and having accustomed to the stage.

Course it is and simply 96 players is far too many for an event of this nature and stature!

I actually like having all of these international qualifiers - there are no gimmes anymore. Look at the Chinese and Indian qualifier today for instance. They all can play. The days of Nakagawa v French are over.

I agree. The game is developing globally and the World Championship should reflect that global nature.

The Asian players, the North American players and Kumar have all held their own, and the investment in the Regional Tours are paying dividends.

At the current standards, 96 players seem about right, but any more would dilute the quality too much, and cant see a 128 field being introduced in the medium term.

[Deleted User]

The game is expanding far too wide globally, and the breadth of quality is way to excellent to involve less than 96 players in it. Nonsense that the size of the playing field should be reduced. Throughout the season we've seen that the gap in quality between top, subtop and regular players is very small nowadays.

Fewer.

[Ginge]

It doesn't go on too long for me. I like the short break on Christmas day and new years eve.

and the numbers feel right.

keep it as it is.

No no no no, despite what the venue, organisers and broadcasters want they really should listen to a few geeks on forums and cut it back to 32!

[PreciesJJ]

The game is expanding far too wide globally, and the breadth of quality is way to excellent to involve less than 96 players in it. Nonsense that the size of the playing field should be reduced. Throughout the season we've seen that the gap in quality between top, subtop and regular players is very small nowadays.

Regardless of the quality, it is on too long, therefore if you are going to have one stage, I think you reduce the numbers.

Who doesn't enjoy darts every day, for almost 3 weeks? If you think it takes too long, just start watching from the quarter finals.