It's the single double session of darting action from Blackpool as half of the field begin their World Matchplay campaigns.
The afternoon session, as always, has Sky stuff in the lesser name matches but there are some intriguing encounters in those four games. /180/ suffers a moral quandary first with the realisation that either Family Guy's Stephen Bunting or kebab remover Mensur Suljovic will go early. Kim Huybrechts, whose last television appearance saw him sacrifice his own brother against MVG only to shit himself against Barney, then faces Welsh muscleman Gerwyn Price who famously dumped Snackpot out of the tournament last year. Lovable failure Terry Jenkins is up next against the completely out of sorts midget whiner Justin Pipe, with the human branch of Wickes Ian White facing the Winter Gardens' first threat of an IRA massacre in Daryl Gurney in the closer.
The other non-Taylor Matchplay champion in James Wade faces annoying irritant and constant excuse maker Mervyn King in the evening's opener, with morbidly obese Stokie Adrian Lewis next against the wobbling Welshman Mark Webster, whose recent good form in the Worlds, Grand Slam & World GP has evaporated. World Champion Gary Anderson plays the last Matchplay debutant in Alan Norris, with the speed quick enough so the Scotsman won't job out like he did here last year, and ending the day's action are midlife crisis man and "Scotsman" Peter Wright and Joe Cullen, who has finally performed like everyone expected him to do so since his breakthrough years ago.
Coverage starts at 1:00pm BST on Sky Sports 3, with the evening session starting at 7:00pm BST on Sky Sports 2.
>Afternoon session BUNT MAN v CAN'T CENSOR THE MENSUR Kim "Husband of Dana" Huybrechts v Gerwyn "Gurning" Price Terry "Oh bullocks" Jenkins v Justin "LE SLOW THROW MAN" Ian "Three litres of Diamond" White v Daryl "Sweet C-4line" Gurney
>Evening session James "The Meds Are Back In Town" Wade v Mervyn "The Ex-Governor" King Snackpot v Mark "Woblster" Webster Gary "Big Game Counter" Anderson v Alan "Walker, Yeovil Ranger" Norris Snakeshite v Joe "Rock out with your cock out" Cullen
All matches must be won by 2 clear legs, with up to 5 extra legs played to decide a winner. If the match is tied after 5 extra legs, a final sudden death leg will be played.
How many of those fist pumps has Thornton made last night? One for each lost leg?
Nicholas Richardson
IT'S TIME
WHO /BUNT MAN/ HERE WHO /BIG MENSUR/ HERE
Bentley Ross
SIMPLY THE BEST
/both/
Jeremiah Morris
MON MENS
Jordan Reyes
BIG MENS until the day I die.
Anyone got the Mens DIY store photoshop/MS Paint masterpiece?
Camden Morales
Still hoping they both get through in a dramatic event where Pipe gets disquallified for slow play and jenkins wants to do his "bull" signature move and stabs himself in the head and is out injured.
2nd round match: Bunt - Mensur again.
Dylan Long
Buntman
Jace Lewis
You mean this one?
Jonathan Reed
wew
Thomas Roberts
>le 14 man
Luke White
>winner of this most likely plays Philth Oh dear.
Samuel Thompson
...
Thomas Brooks
ALL THEM BREAKS
Adrian Murphy
Very good match so far.
Bunt quite unlucky on missing the 145 out on tops.
Dylan Phillips
There's been an unusual number of bounceouts in this tournament so far.
Austin Lewis
THEY JUST CANT CENSOR THIS MAN
Landon Ross
DAT MENSUR 134!
Josiah Gray
>they brought back the taylel boards to make sure he doesn't lose 2 in a row
Jackson Clark
Fug, got confused with the time, missed half an hour. But well, plenty of darts ahead. Cheering for Mens, Price, Jenks and the Dude.
Nathaniel Peterson
>le next to D14 man
Blake Bell
>this is such an important leg for bunting
Is he gonna say that every time Bunting starts a leg now?
Austin Scott
to be fair it would be a second break if he lost the leg
Angel Bennett
Clutch D4 from Mensur after Bunt had just missed the 132.
John Sanchez
I still have to see a leg which is not important for anybody when scores are close.
Daniel Morgan
>stephen gonna stift it like Pellè
Dominic Carter
>no-one will ever dance up to the board and then throw it miles above D20
Levi Wright
Maybe if Nicho is reading this...
Samuel Flores
That would be hilarious. Someone should do that at the world championship, would love to see the reactions and how long they will be banned.
>16: Vincent van der Voort - £201,500 >17: Mensur Suljovic - £201,250+
Mensur is now a Top 16 player with that win.
Wow.
Luke Edwards
This is my first game. Got any tips?
Jaxon Thompson
Kim Huybrechts' Blackpool record:
>2012: T. Jenkins L 9-11 >2013: Wright L 4-10 >2014: King L 4-10 >2015: Wright L 5-10
So not as bad as Thornton's record but still shit.
Adam Robinson
Here ya go my cooch sniffing friend.
Jeremiah Garcia
feels good
Easton Sanders
Who are commentating at sky right now? One is kinda annoying
Parker Robinson
Rod Studd & John Part
Caleb Collins
DAT 145
CHIPMUNK ON SUICIDE WATCH
Eli Wilson
BOOM BABY
Owen Rivera
DAT 124
Jason Powell
Burton DeWitt @bsd987 1m1 minute ago @DartsStats @MensurSuljovic Mensur's record in his second round of ranking majors is W8 L0 since the 2009 World Championships.
Asher Kelly
TAYLORLOSESLOL CONFIRMED
Samuel Price
Bazza will find a way
Ryan Williams
DAT FUCKING 153
Jayden Morales
Why does this chipmunk always has to eliminate the good guys, before getting destoyed?
Offer Dana a contract as a walk-on girl and dump Dana's husband against MVG round 1 in every tournament.
Jordan Edwards
This. Seeing him lose is so much better when you haven't been seeing him win the rounds before.
William Myers
Chpmunk going huge with the 124 and 153 to go 6-4 up.
Thomas Myers
He is darts' jobber-to-the-stars. He's the fucking Tito Santana of the oche.
Jaxon White
Smooth 94
Blake Parker
>Welsh rugby
Eli Martinez
>egg-chasers
Dominic Gomez
>this crowd jeering
Aaron Ramirez
RIOT I O T
Lincoln Rodriguez
>Price's BOOOOOOM picked up on the microphones
Hudson Cooper
Why is the crowd mad? Was just looking the other way...
Luis Davis
is relevant again.
Nathan Carter
Based Price
Jayden Gomez
>kimmy letting the break slip Are Belgium going to lose to Wales for the second time in a month?
