Day three of the BDO World Championships from the Lakeside really has very little to offer, especially after the outstandingly dire opening weekend.
There's another prelim namesakes battle as Canada's David Cameron plays Netherlands' Jimmy Hendriks; Hendriks dumped out Wolfie 4 years ago as a qualifier and will be hoping to do something similar this year. Welsh youngster and 2016 PDC Development Tour Order of Merit winner Dean Reynolds faces the Victorian literary character Pip Blackwell as well in the afternoon.
In the evening, Welsh binman Martin Phillips plays prelim winner Paul Hogan, Raymond Smith will be hoping to beat another Belgian bottler in Geert de Vos following his win over the glacial Davy van Baelen, and Barnsley's answer to David Brent - Brian "Doggy" Dawson - is up against 2016 finalist and now full-on PDC hater Jeff Smith. Doggy had a good match against 2001 winner John Walton at this stage last year, so there may be something similar on show tonight.
In the women's draw, Dean Winstanley's wife Lorraine battles against Dutch whale Anca Zijlstra. With Deano taking a year out of darts to focus on getting his shoulder problems sorted/serving a ban for racist Facebook videos (delete as applicable) expect him to appear and spout a load of shit in an interview.
Coverage starts at 12:35pm on Channel 4 before switching to BT Sport 1 at 6:45pm.
All matches are best of 5 sets except women's matches (best of 3 sets). Women's matches are in greentext.
>Today's matches (12:35pm - 5:00pm) David Cameron v Jimmy Hendriks (P) Craig Caldwell v Dennis Harbour (P) Dean Reynolds (7) v Pip Blackwell
>Tonight's matches (6:45pm - 10:45pm) Martin Phillips (16) v Paul Hogan >Lorraine Winstanley (5) v Anca Zijlstra Geert de Vos (15) v Raymond Smith Brian Dawson (12) v Jeff Smith
Thanks. But it's not working right now for me and, according to the comments, other as well for some reason.
Oh wait it just started working. Thanks again.
Liam Rivera
It works now
John Edwards
>David Cameron vs Jimmy Hendriks >Excalibur vs the Captain Are these the worst nicknames in darts?
Jackson Ward
>forgetting Frosty The Throwman
Cameron Kelly
>implying that's not so bad it's already good again
Connor Richardson
But if you had the same name as a celebrity, why wouldn't you pick a nickname that includes that? They could have been The Minister vs Voodoo Child. That would be so much better.
Ian Walker
And "Pecker" Woods.
David Diaz
>Darude - Sandstorm
Gavin Gonzalez
>Meme song and Barney's song
State of the BDO
Jack Stewart
B A R N E Y
James Howard
>Harbours diastolic blood pressure is higher than the averages
Jack Price
kek
Luis Cox
who /Caldwell/ here?
Henry Garcia
So close to that 146
Bentley Wright
No. I don't trust him. >Australian >Hometown: Wellington Wellington is in New Zealand, yo.
>Phil Taylor (6) v Michael Smith (11) Whatever happens, /180/ wins.
Evan Kelly
...and another set it is.
James Peterson
chokechokechoke
Andrew Sanchez
>19 left >throw 17 to leave D1
Leo Bennett
This is an absolute mongfest. A travesty it can be even called a World Championship.
Dominic Reyes
>Bobby George tomorrow Get hype
Wyatt Martin
Is he playing in the seniors event?
Josiah Powell
Hopefully Channel 4 and BT Sport see the light and dump it after this year.
Wyatt Lewis
Smooth 71
Brody Thomas
Reynolds on suicide watch, though I guess everyone watching this shit is too.
Isaiah Hill
another lakeside classic desu
Robert Martin
Delicious 13.
Jaxson Moore
these dean reynolds "fans" are just like the swine pdc crowds, hopefully they are going home tonight
Logan Morgan
ABSOLUTE CHOKEFEST
Brody Smith
>29 dart winning leg >winning with an 81 average "Professional" darts.
Easton Bailey
why the fuck are they doing interviews in the canteen
David Richardson
this is the BRITISH darts organization m8, not the PROFESSIONAL darts corporation
Jose Butler
>Andrew Gilding eating his dinner in the background during the interview at the bar
Jeremiah Wood
Seeing as OP has retired from doing his end of session round ups can we get justin credible to do them instead?
Luis Cook
I have a good hearty kek at JC's rants (especially the ones aimed at Jamie Caven), but fuck me, he's such a miserable cunt.
I don't think there's a single player he actually likes except Philth.
Daniel Clark
What was the name of the documentary that has Ross Montgomery in it? Older one and on BBC, iirc.
Dylan Hill
>tfw mvg and darts nobody wiese averaged higher than some matches in this bdo tournament
Carson Reed
He likes Wade.
Kevin Brooks
This is back on if anyone cares.
Jace Morales
Haven't seen you this cynical even OP. Happy I can't see most matches today
Jaxon Kelly
Ever*
Oliver Long
This tournament is a complete violation of the Trade Descriptions Act, that's why.
For the BDO to be showcasing this as "professional darts" is a disgrace to actual professional players.
Ethan Cook
Yeah I know what you mean. All this prelims in the evening thus far have been pissing me off too.
>lets put "best players" in noon session so we can watch some great prelim and women matches in the evening.
Liam Jenkins
I've been swamped with coursework what's so bad about it. Do the averages paint an accurate picture or is there something else to it?
Aaron Clark
The averages are pretty significant, yeah. When most of these guys are struggling to get a 90 average, you know this isn't professional darts.
Add in the fact the preliminary round matches are inexplicably the same length as first round matches, the majority of matches feel like they're being played in a morgue and go at the pace of dead people, and the general tackiness of the event, it's no wonder this hasn't been taken seriously for a very long time.
Carson Gonzalez
Thanks for the reminder. Although I will probably will only endure one more hour or so.
What OP said. And the prelim matches are not only the same length as the first round matches but they have been horrible so far. I wonder how long the BDO will be able to broadcast this tournament.
Jacob Rodriguez
Home from work just in time to watch the REAL darts lads
Ayden Thomas
You're more than a week late then :^)
Aiden Murphy
>that tattooed hottie is hogans daughter
wew
Jordan Kelly
It also doesn't help that Lakeside starts literally a week after the PDC worlds. When you have some of the best darts matches ever fresh in your memory, it's incredibly hard to go back to this.
At this point I'm not sure what the BDO can do. Their product is in absolute shambles, and any decent player coming up in the BDO quickly moves over to the PDC to try and make an actual living out of darts.
Austin Morris
if this continues they just won't be financially viable very soon, and will get bought by pdc
Anthony Walker
Phillips getting BTFO
Joseph Reyes
Yeah, didn't uncle Barry try to buy out the BDO once before?
Christian Williams
yeah he did but bdo has been in a steady decline since
Colton Thompson
The BDO will never succumb to PDC imperialism
Hudson Cruz
nothing will happen while Olly is allive but he is like 90 so after he croaks id expect the BDO to end
Joseph Bennett
>Up 2-0 in sets >start jobbing
Ethan Nguyen
>another 2-2 "thriller"
can't wait
Jose Gomez
dicks out for anca
Jackson Miller
Martin Phillips is one of the few BDO players who just gets on with it and doesn't get involved with shitty politics.
I admire him for that.
Luis Lewis
>22
so close to the fabled 3
Aaron Barnes
>Hogan
Kevin Powell
C H O K E H O K E
Jack Sullivan
>hogan averaging 9 points more than phillips >can't kill him off
Ryder Gomez
Fuck this shit.
Kayden Williams
H O G A N
Checked
Connor Long
Only thing I miss at the PDC is the wives/relatives close ups
tfw no hankey's mom
Lincoln Martin
>50 minutes for that
Hogan breaching that 90 average!
Wyatt King
>justin credible
Can someone set me up on this guy? Read his blog, he's ranting about everyone and everything. Why? And why is he still watching the darts if everything is so shit and everyone is a cunt? I don't get it.
Alexander Garcia
averages for this "classic"?
Nathaniel Jenkins
Binman: 83.61 Hogan: 91.62
Ethan Turner
...
Kayden Morales
thanks
Thomas Sanders
>100 avg is the norm not here hehe
Easton Walker
>women's darts what is the point of this? they look like bog creatures and are terrible at it
Aaron Reyes
if you put these two pricks on mute and watch their faces you can actually watch their souls withering and dying.
Benjamin Morris
>sex bomb
Brandon Myers
it's funny
Zachary Kelly
What's the M factor of Lorraine?
Austin Parker
Imagine Dean and her going at it
Isaiah Gomez
if Anca ate MvG would her average go up 20 points?
Ethan Wilson
good start
Robert Martinez
>Winstanley is not a full-time professional darts player, and works as a beauty therapist
Is Dean her magnum opus?
Robert Hughes
Do the Winstanleys have kids? I can't imagine what they must fucking look like with that genetic stew.
Ryder Bennett
>ayup that's it luv right there
Jose Richardson
Hey Dean, I'm watching your wife's match with my pants down my ankles.