With 40 players having been binned already, Ally Pally's second round is where the real action starts with it now first to 4 sets.
The afternoon session begins with a rematch of the hilarious UK Open quarter-final between Welsh rugger roidlet Gerwyn Price and Stoke dab sensation Ian White; White bust D10 in the last leg at Minehead with Price thumping in a 160 to win in the very next visit. Iceman strolled past Ted Evetts with a 102 average while Diamond had a more awkward task against Cody Harris. Two darting veterans collide next in irresistible sex god Steve Beaton and big Dutchman Vincent van der Voort; the Bronzed Adonis began the Worlds with a scrappy victory over William O'Connor and Vinny whitewashed a dismal Dave Chisnall in style, and a similar standard could see him take out another seed. The first of four all-unseeded ties closes the afternoon with a Low Countries clash between Netherlands' Jan Dekker and Belgian Dimitri Van den Bergh; Double Dekker's exemplary finishing sent Jelle Klaasen home while dancing Dimitri's 104 average removed Stephen Bunting from proceedings.
The evening is packed with big names and starts with everyone's favourite unorthodox Serbo-Austrian Mensur Suljovic against Scotland's Robert Thornton. Mensur was nowhere near his best against Kevin Painter but still won 3-0, while Thorn produced his best TV game in a long time to beat Brendan Dolan. The star of the first round follows as veteran Paul Lim takes on #3 seed Gary Anderson. The 63-year-old pulled off a big upset by defeating Mark Webster with his best ever Worlds performance, but Gando is a different beast altogether. If the Scot isn't concentrating, Lim could get close. Ending the evening is what will be probably be an obliteration of James Wilson by Michael van Gerwen. MVG crushed Christian Kist despite a 100 average from his opponent, with Wilson defeating Krzysztof Ratajski.
Coverage starts at 12:30pm UK time on Sky Sports Darts (SS Arena).
>Today’s matches (12:30pm start) Gerwyn "Gurning" Price (16) v Ian "Three litres of Diamond" White (17) Vincent van der Voort "van der Voort, Vincent van der Voort!" v Steve "PHWOARRRRRRRRRR" Beaton (25) Jan "Ant &" Dekker v Dimitri "Twink" Van den Bergh
>Tonight's matches (7:00pm start) Mensur "DIE MEISTER, DIE BESTEN" Suljovic (5) v Robert "Driving Home for Thornmas" Thornton (28) Gary "Big Game Counter" Anderson (3) v Paul "Out On A" Lim MVGOAuTism (1) v James "Limp Biscuit" Wilson (32)
>tfw Beaton switched in 2002 so no sexy 90's lakeside footage
Jonathan Reed
MUH DICK
Leo Watson
Why can't they bring Bullseye back, it would be a smash
Jose Bell
I'm surprised they don't give Beaton extra security from the women.
Andrew Torres
Vincent van der Voort, van der Voort, Vincent van der Voort
Jeremiah Butler
who /erect/ here lads?
Ayden Wood
Jesus did someone see that ass?
Jack Allen
DICKS OUT, LADS! (pls no ban, mods)
!
Thomas Morgan
I can't decide who I want to win. Probably Beaton by a small margin.
Nicholas Hernandez
Don't they bring Bullseye back about every three years on one of the minor channels?
Sebastian Powell
129 finish into 180 start.
Brody Murphy
Vinny starting off big.
Connor Gray
dem averages
Nicholas Jenkins
We'll see what happens after Vinny cools off.
Caleb Wright
Really impressive first set from Vinny
Jace Harris
which channel is the darts on cricfree?
Colton Clark
Why do they chant the Yaya/Kolo Toure chant?
Hudson Thompson
Jizz would have been everywhere if Beat did the 9.
Robert Adams
I like it when they chant "Boring Boring Tables"
I also like it when they chant "Stand Up If You Love The Darts"
I especially like that "Boring Boring Tables" chant of theirs.
And "Stand Up If You Love The Darts" definitely deserves a mention.
When they sing "Heyyyyyy, heyyyy baby... Oooh, aaah... I wanna knowwwww... If you'll be my girl", I have to admit I have welled up a few times.
But my favourite would probably have to be "Stand Up If You Love The Darts"
Landon Butler
Here comes Beaton.
Nathaniel Taylor
Because youtube.com/watch?v=RkEXGgdqMz8 used to be the walk-on song for the prelim games (or at least I think so, someone correct me if I'm wrong)
Hudson Phillips
Come on Beaton.
Cooper Walker
Now I look silly.
Jaxon Thompson
vinny throwing magic darts
Cameron Anderson
They did once already with dave spikey, it was fucking bollocks. bullseye will never be bullseye without jim.
Alexander Rodriguez
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand darts songs. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of aerodynamics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s the Kolo Yaya song, which is deftly woven into African philosophy derived heavily from the memoires of a local man living in his caravan. Darts fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these chants, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who don't stand up for the darts truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in the existential song “Boring, Boring Tables,” which itself is a cryptic reference to an abandoned table in Stoke after the local fat man has collected his tributes. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Barry's genius wit unfolds in the form of magnets behind the board, prompting another "ONE HUNDRED AN EIGHDY" from the crowd. What fools.. how I pity them.
Charles Cook
Beat suffering from premature ejaculation here.
Sebastian Morris
Weird to think Vinny threw his toys out of the pram and was the pariah player on this forum 12 months ago, and now he looks like a top 10 player and is getting cheers.
Josiah Gomez
More like erectile dysfunction.
Brayden Thompson
He's still a whiner.
Mason Morgan
everyone in darts is an arsehole, it's just a cycle of who's being least cuntish at any given time
Landon Jones
Bring it back with Stephen Mulhern
Isaiah Edwards
Ohne Holland fahrn wir zur WM.
Luis Garcia
>Beaton
Hunter Rogers
munch
Luke Rodriguez
'MON STEVE
Ayden Morales
Rip
Jaxson Miller
>no umlaut
Joshua Taylor
This session will be over before 4:00 at this rate.
Jacob Hughes
>20% on the doubles
Fucking hell Big Sexy.
>this shit again
John Walker
...oh well
Brody Campbell
reeeee
Michael Bennett
THAT BULL 124!
HNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG
Zachary Smith
STAYIN' ALIVE
Matthew Davis
dat 124
Noah Rodriguez
DAT BULL 124
Ryan Rivera
Is finishing on a bull the most aesthetic checkout
