2011 PDC Players Championship Finals Darts Betting (2) Odds, Tips & Preview

There is some great darts betting on the horizon with the 2011 Players Championship Finals taking to the oche on December 8th and concluding on December 11th. This is not to be confused with the 2011 Players Championship Finals which happened back in February. With a schedule change, the event goes in front of the PDC World Championship now, as so we get to take a second look at the event for this year. Who won back in February? Well that was Phil Taylor, who has now won two out of the three Players Championship Finals. Just to clarity what this is, it is the top 32 players in the Order Of Merit at the conclusion of the Players Championship events get their place in the draw. This is a totally separate ranking from the world rankings, as it involves points amassed from non-televised events only on the PDC Calendar, the Players Championship events. We are at the Doncaster Dome for your darts betting on this one, and while there is another great line up to look forward, there have been two causalities who won’t be in attendance, and that is Australian star Simon Whitlock and the current World Champion Adrian Lewis. Anyway, let’s skip over how players got there and who is not showing up, let us take a look at the 2011 Players Championship Finals darts betting for the forthcoming tournament.

Phil Taylor is the outright favourite and that clearly is going to be no surprise. The Power has burst back into life over the second half of the season, and is in ripe old form. He rattled off a win in the Championship League recently, to add to his European Championship, Grand Slam, World Grand Prix and World Match play titles this year. He also is the defending champion of the Players Championship Finals and is clearly going to be worth a punt. Those doubting whether he still had it in him can clearly think again, he is not past it yet. Taylor beat out Gary Anderson in a thrilling final back in February, taking the title 13-12 in a classic. Now he will be back to defend his title, and quite frankly, with the way he is playing he is going to take some stopping. Taylor is in the third quarter of the draw and starts off against Terry Jenkins. The fascinating thing about this draw, is that Phil Taylor will most likely run into Gary Anderson in the quarter finals because of the seedings for the event. Looking at the bigger picture of the bottom half of the draw, the winner of that potential clash really should go on and take a place in the final, because the bottom half of the draw really is not all that strong and don’t see any big surprises happening.

So that makes Phil Taylor and Gary Anderson good options for your 2011 Players Championship darts betting. Anderson, the Premier League winner this year, and runner up at the World Championship and Players Champions Finals this year should be in with a strong chance here. Everything pretty much points to that epic clash between Taylor and Anderson in the quarter finals. They have met ten times this year and Taylor has won eight of the meetings, including a right demolition job dished out in the final of the Grand Slam of Darts which he won 16-4. So the odds are on Taylor picking up another win here and that is why he will start the tournament as favourite, with Anderson back as second favourite, in the chance that he will upset The Power.

Who else are we looking at in our Darts Betting for the 2011 Players Championship Finals? Well James Wade has the potential to win here, but more often than not he just fails to quite live up to the high expectation people have about him. He did lift the UK Open title this year, beating out Wes Newton, but as he is down in the bottom half along with Taylor and Anderson, he is falls down the pecking order in your Darts Betting. What makes this draw interesting really is that it is really hard to pick a winner out of the top half of it. It means that we could really see a surprise finalist on the cards here, with the likes of Mark Webster, Wes Newton and John Part in there, it is a tough call. Englishman Wes Newton is a great talent and did reach the final of the UK Open. He can turn it on in burst, but doesn’t have the consistency of the star players in the draw like Taylor and Anderson. But could well be worth a punt in getting to the final here. See a good draw ahead for him, and while he may come into contact with John Part in the quarter finals (the stage at which Newton fell in the last Players Championship Finals), can see Newton having a good run at things in your 2011 Players Championship Finals darts betting.

2011 Players Championship Finals Darts Betting Odds
Phil Taylor: 11/10 at SportingBet
Gary Anderson: 8/1 at Bet365
James Wade: 14/1 at SportingBet
Mark Webster: 18/1 at Bet365
Wes Newton: 20/1 at Bwin
Dave Chisnall: 22/1 at Bet365
Justin Pipe: 25/1 at Skybet
Raymond van Barneveld: 33/1 at Paddy Power
Paul Nicholson: 33/1 at SportingBet

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