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The Unibet Darts Masters begins today from the soulless wasteland of Milton Keynes as the top 16 players in the PDC battle to take the title. MVG won the tournament last year with a brutal 11-6 demolition of Barney, averaging 112(!) in the process.
Highlights of the afternoon session include a repeat of this year's Worlds quarter-final - where Blubby Boy choked a 3-0 set lead and eventually crashed out to the at-times apathetic Barney - and a meeting of two players who were terrible at Ally Pally in Terry Jenkins and James Wade. A quickfire opener between Thornton and Chisnall alongside the battle of the opposites in Peter Wright and Ian White complete the afternoon.
The evening brings yet more rematches from the Worlds as the Sex Pest Derby is the second match of the night. With Phil Taylor blaming "MUH DIVORCE" for his loss to Jelle Klaasen, we may yet see a repeat of the famous win for the Snapchat-abusing Dutchman. Following that, Big Vinny faces the World Champion who only lost one leg in their last meeting, but given Anderson's admission he doesn't really care about the minor tournaments, there could be an upset on the cards. Opening and closing the evening are two former World Champions against the two debutants from last year's Premier League as Aidey Lewis faces the cursed-by-Wolfie Kim Huybrechts with Autism then playing BUNT MAN. Can the Green Machine repeat 2015 and choo-choo his way to the title?
The first round is best of 19 legs (first to 10).
Coverage starts at 12:45pm UK time on ITV4.
>Afternoon Session (12.45pm-5pm)
Robert "I'm Thorny, So Thorny, Thorny, Thorny" Thornton v Chizzy Rascal
James "The Meds Are Back In Town" Wade v Terry "Oh bullocks" Jenkins
Snakeshite v Ian "3 Litres of Diamond" White
Michael "Snackpot 2.0" Smith v Barney
>Evening Session (7pm-11pm)
Snackpot v Kim "Husband of Dana" Huybrechts
Taylel v Jelle "Yewtree" Klaasen
Gary Anderson v Vincent van der Voort "van der Voort, Vincent van der Voort!"
MvGOAuTism v BUNT DESTROYER
So, what's happened since the last time /180/ was here, when Scott Waites humiliated Jeff Smith at Lakeside?
Well, the PDC's Q-School took place in the week afterwards. The yearly jobber jamboree at Wigan had a less than stellar field this time around compared to 2015, but some recognisable names picked up Tour Cards, including four-time Lakeside failure Jeffrey de Graaf, dancing fat Greek John Michael, Barney eliminator James Richardson and that disgusting nonce lookalike Dennis Smith. Sadly, CUBE failed to win enough points to get a Tour Card. The full list of Tour Card holders can be found here: http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/fhed84vmpq3p1iv3yr1x64eob/title/2016-pdc-annual-awards-dinner
The PDC then pussied out and gave Player of the Year to BOTH Anderson and MVG: http://www.pdc.tv/news/article/fhed84vmpq3p1iv3yr1x64eob/title/2016-pdc-annual-awards-dinner
B R A V O
B A Z Z A
>mfw /180/ is back
>>65260518
>The PDC then pussied out and gave Player of the Year to BOTH Anderson and MVG
lel
Jacqui <3
>that mace jacket and shirt
Anyone got a stream? stream2watch and cricfree not working for me.
Can wait for Autism to run through everyone again.
>>65260780
http://www.stream2watch.co/live-tv/gb/itv-4-live-stream
That one not working?
>>65260801
Working. Thanks, m8. I was using the Darts stream link.
Finally, /180/ is back, what a reilef. Also thanks to OP for either being the new /180/s OP or abandoning his retirement plans, I can't tell - which is a good thing!
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HA HA TIME FOR JIZZY
Have a picture of his brother Jay with Conehead.
>scottish_national_anthem.mp3
>dressing your kid up as Snakeshite
Who /simpleton/ here?
>jizzy
Lads
Where was this Thornton at the Worlds?
He was fucking hopeless.
Damn Rabbie, stop doing this, he's not your wife!
>busting 122
>wee rabbie
>bustin 122
DAT FINISH
>CBeebies HD exists
>ITV4 HD doesnt
Oh well, at least its on
>>65260429
is this the original OP
if not, the difference id non-noticeable
lame
>>65261030
ITV4 HD mustn't be on freeview cos it's on Sky
>>65261046
Ah, fair enough.
>Chisnall
jesus christ
>Jizzy
Couldnt finish his dinner
>Jizzy
>7-0
>26
>those crowd cheers
lel
P I T Y
L E G
Is this tournament so small even Chizzy doesnt care?
>yfw Thornton loses after missing darts for 9-0
>that fucking bounceout
This isn't Chizzy's day.
>>65261234
>20, 180, 140
Nice comeback after the bouncer. Also: 8-3!
Habbening
>8-6
I'M SO DIZZY!
lel
That could be the beginning of the end.
>that chizzy look of relief
kek
His poor wife
Classic Thorn.
S U I C I D E W A T C H
>this match
top lel
>>65261394
Speaking of which does anyone know if duzza is still alive?
>this is what a choke looks like
>THAT PULL INTO 4
>WEE RABBIE
C H O K E
E
N
T
R
A
L
>wee rabbie
Chizzy you based cunt
>Wee Rabbie
>dat Thornton choke
massive
What kinda match do ya want senpai?
ruddy hell chizzy
>mfw tuned in at 8-0
>8-0 up
>have darts for 9-0
>miss
>opponent takes leg
>lose game
>scottish darts
>>65261471
>SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:[1]
>have an element of competition
Ranking system, various tournaments
>be in no way harmful to any living creature
This is true apart from rapey Phil
>not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
Players can use their own darts so long as they conform to standards
>not rely on any "luck" element specifically designed into the sport
The only luck in darts is bad luck
>They also recognise that sport can be primarily physical (such as rugby or athletics), primarily mind (such as chess or go), predominantly motorised (such as Formula 1 or powerboating), primarily co-ordination (such as billiard sports), or primarily animal-supported (such as equestrian sport).[1]
Darts is objectively a physical, mental, and co-ordination sport. We are also unsure if Andrew Gilding is actually human.
>dave chisnall interview
Is it me or does his head look fatter?
Obviously not on Blubby Boy levels but still.
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>it's a Chisnall interview
Wade definitely enjoyed seconds round Bristow's house at Christmas dinner.
Still not having "The Boys Are Back In Town" as Wade's walk-on. No Bonkers, no party.
>Wade-King
That fucking final.
My sides.
>this finishing
You can tell none of the players we've seen so far have bothered throwing since the Worlds.
>no dolan
>no pipe
>no whitlock
Thank you based bazza
S A M M I
>>65261754
>yfw Dolel and Poop are automatic qualifiers on the Euro Tour because of their floor performances
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Dutch_Darts_Masters
>wade
THAT 141!
>Wade
DAT 120
[expired meds intensify]
>all this bottling
going to need a recycling point by the time this is over
>Jenkems
>that look of "lol I'm gonna lose"
A career of being utter shit summed up in one throw.
>Terry "Big Stage Jobber" Jenkins
>World Number 11
Please go Terry and stay go.
/r/ing ian white pasta
HA HA TIME FOR THE HUMAN BRANCH OF WICKES
>>65262368
>Hereby follows the most anyone will ever write about Ian White in one sitting. How can a man look like an aging queen and painfully heterosexual at exactly the same time? From one angle he looks like the sort of dude who turns up in documentaries to talk about the devastating impact AIDS had on the Chicago house scene, then he turns to the right and looks he goes on the pull at the WMC. He is cursed forever to be painfully dull, but not dull enough that he can do a “strictly business” gimmick. He has the charisma of a branch of Wickes.
pls White stop the party
white is wright
>clownman trying to get free plugs from Unibet by dressing in green
Thornton lost from 8-0 up?
His poor wife.
Clown in dominant form.
DAT WHITE BULL FINISH
DAT 121
boring
bye
>>65263104
goodnight
>>65263104
>clown v living branch of wickes
>interesting
>that 110 after starting on T5
D A M N
DAT T19 D19 FINISH
>blubby boy STILL wearing a shirt that's too tight for him
inb4 barney averages fuck all and loses 10-0
SHUT UP AND EAT WITH ME
>>65263795
"okay"
>that fall out on 19s
ahahahahahahahahahahahaha
>that chin blubber shaking
lel
Smith is a "literally who?" for me.
He's pretty fat though.
>>65263950
Smith is an overhyped floor jobber with some of the worst mental strength on the big stage.
>>65263993
+ revolting to look at
>>65261471
>that same peruvian guy who types >>>/asp/ in darts and snooker threads
Don't you have anything better to do, jose?
>>65264014
True that.
>this fucking finishing
MON BARNEY
Been a tight session all the way.
THE DELLER FROM BARNEY!
>Barney
Totally outplayed.
We're back in about 2 hours.
Le eye of le tiger fighting man
barney A SHIT
Your one hour warning.
We're on now.
first for a taylor 110+ average
/r/ing kim beating wolfie
>Daniellas tits
>>65267298
The last match he won on TV.
>Pyke making excuses for Huybrechts's woeful PL performance
>>65267383
When will they learn
>losing to Kim Huybrechts
>snackpot
hi where are the dana?
DAT 136
Chipmunk playing his best darts in a long time.
Kimmy on fire
Kimmy will definitely benefit from not playing in the PL, watch Michael Smith fuck up this season outside of the floor evnts as well.
>>65267890
The PL completely fucked Bunt and Huybrechts's seasons.
>watch Michael Smith fuck up this season outside of the floor evnts as well.
Yes please.
Aidey appearing to get the food sweats.
>ITV graphics
So was Barney back to his old self and just wasnt at the races for this? Or did Blubber boy play really well?
Is the curse, dare I say it, over?
>it's a Snackpot doesn't show up in a TV tournament that isn't the worlds episode
No need to zoom in on that cameraman ffs Ive got HD here
goodbye snackpot
>>65267945
Neither player was good. In fact, everyone bar Clown and White has been poor.
Barney got broken at 6-5 if I remember correctly and never really recovered.
>>65267948
>it's an Adrian Lewis plays in an unranked tournament episode
>>65267972
>In fact, everyone bar Clown and White has been poor.
Forgot to include Kimmy but you get the point.
Has Kim been tanning?
>>65268020
After you've lost to David Pallett a man has to make significant changes to get himself back on track.
Kimbo to win a major this year?
taylorinterview.gif
>>65267972
Oh fair enough, not going to be happy though if all I hear about this year is the 'meteoric' rise of Snackpot #2
Good thing we don´t have to suffer through five Taylor montages tonight. Bless ITV tournaments
>>65268039
>After you've lost to David Pallett a man has to make significant changes to get himself back on track.
kek
>Kimbo to win a major this year?
Possibly but it would need the top 8 to all have terrible tournaments.
I thought his attitude was better in that interview than it has been over the past year. Maybe he realised how much of a tit he'd been.
>>65268075
Not to mention the Taylor criticism that gets delivered.
>first three darts
>180
Uh oh.
>that woeful attempt at bull
>paedo suarez
Klaasen has been utter shit.
DUTCH STRONG
>its a roll over and let taylor win episode
P I T Y
L E G
>175 left
>throws 171
>"great setup"
Fucking hell, Rawling.
A TAYLOR BULL FINISH
THE CRUELLEST OF ALL TAYLOR FINISHES
COMEBACK
>ITV graphics breaking again
>ITV in charge of keeping score
>yfw taylor loses in the first round
Is Taylel, dare I say it, finished?
>>65268805
Based on this performance... no.
Which is fucking shit.
Fucking mongo crowd where is this on Norwich?
Taylor looks far more comfortable with those darts than he has done at any point since he joined Target.
Fuck.
>>65268878
Milton Keynes.
>>65268878
Nope, Milton Keynes
Interview time?
>>65268918
>I'm 55
>"Garry Plummer from Target"
>Ronnie O'Sullivan namedrop
Get these marked off in advance
>>65268961
Kek he's shilling very hard
>return to traditional Taylor namedropping and aloofness in interviews
>>65268996
Fuckin hell link to that game?
Good link?
>>65269017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjd7bWpwOcg
buckle up
>>65269046
http://www.stream2watch.co/live-tv/gb/itv-4-live-stream
>>65268978
Every fucking interview he drops Plummer's name.
>>65269017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjd7bWpwOcg
They both ended up averaging below 70.
>>65269046
see >>65260801
>No point throwing a wobbler over it
>Gary "darts in the lake" Anderson
>big vinny
[erratic darts and multiple failed attempts at doubles intensify]
C'MON GANDO
>van der voort
>that granny holding the I LOVE TAYLOR sign
>it's a "Gary Anderson plays at a tournament that isn't the Premier League / Worlds" episode
>Fray Bentos ads
ITV4 really hitting their target audience.
>losing to vincent van der jobber
>giggling gando
>world champion
>chris moyles
JUST
It's a "Vinnie doesn't job for once" episode
Not been watching today
how's it been?
>>65269922
still looks a cunt despite losing weight
I expect nothing less than brutal rape now
>>65269954
Very few players have impressed. Afternoon session was tighter than this evening.
Thornton lost 10-9 from 8-0 up.
Haha, time for autism
>mvg shilling for the sponsor
kek
>>65269979
>Thornton lost 10-9 from 8-0 up.
Holy shit.
who /BUNT MAN/ here
>>65270039
It was more a case of Chisnall being utter shit in the first eight legs but still embarrassing from Thornton.
Chizz didn't hit a single double until the 13th attempt and Thorn missed darts for a 9-0 lead.
>>65270065
how many match darts did he fluff?
>>65270072
Two I think.
>1 leg played
>125.25 average
IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN
Autism express has arrived early
>tfw 2016 will be another year of mvg winning everything except the Premier League and the World Championship
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>this autism
More 180s than 100s or 140s is madness.
>>65270244
>MVG's face when his autism prevents him from dominating in setplay events
that 150 9er would have been lovely
>le miss the finishing double of a 9 darter man
>Taylor is 4th in the rankings
COLLAPSE
O
L
L
A
P
S
E
wish autism would die
You have to feel for whoever's ranked 16th or 32nd in the Worlds while MVG's world number 1.
>LEAVING 144
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Fucking hell, three now
Reminder that he does it on purpose
Come on Michael, break phil's TV average
Meanwhile, in the Netherlands: https://twitter.com/dartfreakz/status/693489124649603073
>losing to a woman
>Tony O'Bottlejob
>tfw you can never go back in time and put your autism to good use
>>65269962
My prediction was of course spot on. Always knew MvGoat would come back like this
>112.2 average
>59% on the doubles
>Bunt mouthing "Wow"
And we all thought Autism was cured by Barney. Oh dear.
Scary to think that we might still have not reached peak MvG
And that checkout on Mensur ends the night and the opening day of the 2016 Masters. The evening session perfectly demonstrated why the PDC's decision to split the Best Player award was a complete joke.
In one corner, you had MVG humiliating Bunt Man 10-1 - which included 3 more failures at 9 darters and a 137 average after 3 legs - with a 112 average and a 59% checkout rate. In the other, you had Gando jobbing out to an impressive Vincent van der Voort 10-7 and laughing about it afterwards. The contrast in how the World's Top 2 played this event is stunning. Not trying to take away any credit from Vinny, who's continuing in that fine form he showed last year, but the World Champion should have defeated him easily.
Elsewhere in the evening, Kim Huybrechts showed his best performance in well over a year as he eliminated yet another under-firing big name in Adrian Lewis while Phil Taylor put in an ominous 102 average and won 10-6 against Jelle Klaasen.
In the afternoon, the story of the session was Robert Thornton's implosion from 8-0 up to lose 10-9 to Dave Chisnall. With darts to go 9-0 up and to win the match, it is remarkable how the Scotsman lost it. Despite his World Grand Prix victory last year, that collapse could start the demise of Wee Rabbie. James Wade and Michael Smith also advanced in the afternoon with scrappy performances while Peter Wright also impressed in his victory over Ian White.
The quarter-finals are tomorrow from 12:45pm:
>Kim Huybrechts v James Wade
>Vincent van der Voort v Dave Chisnall
>Phil Taylor v Peter Wright
>Michael van Gerwen v Michael Smith
with the semi-finals and final in the evening.
See you then.
