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It is going to be a huge week of Premier League darts betting from the Brighton Centre on Thursday, as there is an epic clash on the cards between Phil Taylor and Gary Anderson. Last week in Exeter produced a great night of action on the billing, all capped by a demolition job by Gary Anderson over Adrian Lewis. Phil The Power Taylor is still the only man left of the eight who has yet to taste defeat yet in the first four rounds, and he is setting the early pace once again, proving that he is still the man to catch. Here we take a look at Week 5 in the Premier League Darts betting.

Kevin Painter v Andy Hamilton
The two new boys finally get to go head to head and it is Painter who will be just favoured here, especially as The Artist has the darts for the match. Painter has gotten two good wins under his belt so far, upsetting defending champion Gary Anderson in the first round, and then taking out Simon Whitlock. Painter lost last week in a long mach against the out of form James Wade and The Artist will have seen that as an opportunity lost. Still, he gets a chance to pick up another couple of points by beating Andy Hamilton, who has also not been totally overwhelmed in his debut season. Hamilton shocked James Wade on Week One, and held Adrian Lewis to a surprise draw on week three. There was a heavy defeat against Gary Anderson in between that, and Hamilton was outscored by Raymond van Barneveld last week in Exeter, going down 8-6. Painter has just looked the sharper of the two.
Hamilton Evens, Painter 6/4, Draw 9/2 at SkyBet

Phil Taylor v Gary Anderson
What a match up this is going to be. The Power rattled off his third straight win last week, after opening this year’s campaign with a draw against Adrian Lewis. Taylor upped his three dart average again last week, firing off 117.3 in his 8-4 triumph over Simon Whitlock. There has just been some phenomenal scoring from Phil Taylor in the 2012 Premier League darts and he will need to maintain that in what is likely to be  heavy scoring match against last year’s Premier League winner Gary Anderson. Anderson got off to a slow start with a loss against Andy Hamilton, but has since turned around his form, culminating in a thumping 8-1 win over double world champion Adrian Lewis in Exeter last week. That capped a fine return to form, and these two heavy weights should put on a spectacle. Pick a winner? Taylor has the darts and that has to be some kind of advantage, and as good as Anderson was last year in the Premier League, Taylor still downed him twice.
Taylor 2/5, Anderson 9/2, Draw 5/1 at Bet365

James Wade v Raymond van Barneveld
England’s James Wade finally got his first points on the board last week, when he beat out Kevin Painter. It was still a struggle at that, because Painter outscored  him, but Wade snatched an 8-6 victory. Wouldn’t back Wade to win too many matches this season, certainly not at the moment, certainly not against Barneveld. The Dutchman picked up his first win of the season last week as well, beating Andy Hamilton 8-6. Barneveld has actually been playing quite well, scoring well, and after two draws and a defeat (against Taylor) Barneveld is finally off the mark with a win. He really should be able to take advantage of the lack lustre Wade and build upon last week’s success. Barneveld should easily outscore Wade in this one and start solidifying his place inside the top four.
Barneveld 5/4, Wade 5/4, Draw 4/1 at SkyBet

Simon Whitlock v Adrian Lewis
The final match on Thursday is a showdown between two of last week’s losers. Double world champion Adrian Lewis wasn’t at the races last week, suffering a terrible 8-1 defeat against a fired up Gary Anderson. Lewis had drawn his first three matches of the season, and was playing very well, it just fell apart last week. It was probably one of those anomalies that happen so wouldn’t read too much into it. He, along with Taylor and Anderson are the main challengers for the honours this year so would expect the proud Lewis to bite back. Aussie Whitlock has lost momentum after opening with a draw and a win. He has lost his last two matches now, and went down 8-4 against Phil Taylor last week, even though Whitlock averaged over 105 in the three dart average. Lewis and Whitlock are both on three points, and there could be a division opening up between for whoever loses this one and the battle for a top four place. Not the headline match, but important all the same. Would expect Lewis to perform.
Lewis 11/10, Whitlock 13/10, Draw 9/2 at Paddy Power

It is on to Exeter for week four of the 2012 Premier League Darts betting road show, and after the first three rounds there are just two unbeaten players left in the pack. One of them is the unsurprising figure of darts legend Phil Taylor, while the other, a newcomer to the Premier League circuit, Kevin Painter is making a strong start to his season debut. Still, it such early days that there is so much to play for still and this season has produced some thrilling matches already. As week four steps up to the oche, the big feature match of the night is the clash between defending Premier League champion Gary Anderson and double World Champion Adrian Lewis. Game on!

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Kevin Painter v James Wade
New boy Painter, aka The Artist, picked up a fantastic win last week, ending Simon Whitlock’s unbeaten start to the season, taking the match 8-3 against the Aussie. After beating Gary Anderson on week one Painter came unstuck against Phil Taylor on week two, but bounced back from that defeat with a strong victory over Whitlock. That has actually left Painter as number two in the Premier League at the moment, a point behind leader Taylor. So there is a big chance for him to keep his fine start going with a match against the out of form James Wade. Wade has ran up three defeats in a row, as he just is lacking that cutting edge at the moment, despite scoring quite well. He found Gary Anderson too strong for him last week, and without any points on the board so far Wade needs to get something going. However, he is going against the darts here and Kevin Painter is looking pretty fired up at the moment, so The Artist could be in for another good night.
Painter 7/4, Wade 4/5, Draw 9/2 at SkyBet

Raymond van Barneveld v Andy Hamilton
This should be a pretty interesting match up, simply because we want to see how Barneveld reacts to his first defeat of the season last week. After picking up two draws from his opening two matches, the big Dutchman stumbled against Phil Taylor in Belfast last week. But he has been playing pretty well and he scored a three dart of average of over 100 in two of his three matches. His 105 three dart average last week would have been enough to beat most players on the night, but not Taylor, who is just steaming along at the moment. So Barneveld should be in line to pick up the  two points from this one, but newcomer Andy Hamilton will be buoyed by his performance last week. The Premier League debutant battled Adrian Lewis to a draw, and actually outscored the world champion. Too early in 2012 Premier League darts betting to judge what Hamilton might do, because he has had a mixed bag of results. He is going against the darts this week, and the experience and heavier scoring power of Raymond van Barneveld at the moment, really should be the Dutchman as favourite.
Barneveld Evens, Hamilton 11/8, Draw 9/2 at BetFred

Simon Whitlock v Phil Taylor
It is the Wizard’s turn to step up next and try and inflict a first defeat of the 2012 Premier League darts season on Taylor. Whitlock will have been bitterly disappointed at seeing his unbeaten start to the season go last week. More so because it was to one of the new boys, Kevin Painter, and it was a heavy 8-3 defeat too. Whitlock drew with Barneveld in the first week, beat James Wade in the second and then lost heavily. Just as we expected, the inconsistencies of The Wizard are still hovering around, too much so to back him too heavily in your darts betting. Especially when he goes up against Phil Taylor. The Power is just motoring along at the moment. After that epic draw against Adrian Lewis on week one, which is still one of the best matches ever in the tournament, Taylor hasn’t looked back. His three dart average is phenomenal and he fired off a season best 112.91 against Barneveld in Belfast last week. That was one of the tougher opponents out of the way and now Taylor will probably just go about his supremely consistent work and trundle through the season with not many defeats in sight. It is his ability to win legs against the throw which keeps him strong. Should be a win for him here.
Taylor 4/11, Whitlock 4/1, Draw 5/1 at Bet365

Gary Anderson v Adrian Lewis
This is the titanic struggle which should thrill the Belfast crowd, a rematch of last season’s Premier League Darts final. After losing to newcomer Kevin Painter on week one, there has been a turn around in form for Anderson, winning his last two matches, including last week’s win over the out of sort James Wade. Anderson will be looking for some home support advantage, as the Scot has been adopted by Somerset, where he is based, should he should have good backing. Anderson beat Lewis in the final of last year’s Premier League of darts, and so he will know that Lewis is out for revenge. You would have been offered pretty long odds at the start of the season if you had wanted to take a bet on Lewis drawing all three of his opening matches. After a stalemate against Phil Taylor and then Barneveld, Lewis was at it again last week, holding on to a draw against Andy Hamilton. Not sure that too much should be read into it all, because he is more of a consistent player than last year, and he is scoring pretty heavily (behind only to Taylor and Barneveld). He plays a fast game, and so does Anderson when they settle into their groove and this should be a truly titanic game of darts.
Lewis 6/5, Anderson 5/4, Draw 4/1 at SkyBet

The 2012 Premier League Darts betting moves on to week three on Thursday night, and there is a great looking match up between old rivals Raymond van Barneveld and Phil Taylor. This year’s event, which features two new faces in Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter, has already produced some thrilling matches and results in its first two weeks. There was a titanic struggle last week between Adrian Lewis and Raymond van Barneveld, while after a successful first week in the tournament, both the new boys Painter and Hamilton lost. The unbeaten Phil Taylor is still favourite in the outright winner 2012 Premier League Darts betting market, as we head to the Odyssey Arena in Belfast for week three, on February 23rd.

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Kevin Painter v Simon Whitlock
Newcomer Kevin Painter won’t be too disappointed with his start to Premier League darts. He beat the defending champion Gary Anderson on week one, in a big surprise and was beaten 8-5 by Phil Taylor on week two. Nothing to be too upset about really, and now he starts with the darts against Simon Whitlock, and Painter could well be targeting another scalp here. Painter, to be fair, ground out the result against Anderson, who didn’t play well. But Painter raised his three dart average against Taylor so can carry some confidence forward from that defeat. Aussie star Simon Whitlock will continue to fly under the radar in this competition, but has also made a decent start. He stuck around to earn a 7-7 draw against Raymond van Barneveld on week one, and then took out James Wade comfortably last week to remain undefeated. Whitlock is looking quite consistent, decent three dart scoring average, and if he raises his game just like ten percent or so, could be a serious threat here.
Whitlock 4/7, Painter 14/5, Draw 9/2 at Bwin

Andy Hamilton v Adrian Lewis
Hamilton, after beating James Wade on week one on his Premier League debut, felt the brunt of Gary Anderson’s power last week, as Hamilton crashed 8-2 in a low scoring match. Still, he has that one victory under his belt and will start with the darts against double world champion Lewis, who has yet to record a win. Lewis, who is scoring very heavily at the moment, just can’t get over the finish line or so it seems. After throwing away a huge lead on week one against Phil Taylor, to have The Power come back and earn a draw, Lewis again couldn’t finish of Raymond van Barneveld last week, playing out another 7-7 draw. Still, the positive which Lewis can take, is that those were two of the hardest matches out of the way and he came through unscathed by some degree. He should have an easier time of things against Hamilton, and is strong favourite to pick up the win. Lewis is playing with pretty good consistency at the moment, and is in good scoring shape.
Lewis 4/7, Hamilton 13/5, Draw 5/1 at Bet365

Gary Anderson v James Wade
Scottish star Anderson, the defending Darts Premier League champion, suffered a bit of a shock on week one, losing against new boy Kevin Painter. Anderson only managed an 80 three dart average in that match, and although he only raised it to 84 last week against Andy Hamilton, it was enough to see out a comfortable 8-2 victory in the end. Not quite on top of his game at the moment, but neither is James Wade. Wade has opened with two defeats, and just can never seem to get going in the 2012 Premier League Darts betting. He was a huge disappointment last season and is so much better than the results he is producing in the tournament. Scored well last week though in his defeat too Simon Whitlock, but just lacking that cutting edge. So this could be a close match, but with Anderson with the darts, the Scot will be favourite.
Anderson 10/11, Wade 13/8, Draw 9/2 at Paddy Power

Raymond van Barneveld v Phil Taylor
This is the big match of the night, with the two undefeated players going toe to toe. Barneveld opened with a 7-7 draw against Simon Whitlock on week one, and then produced the same result against Adrian Lewis last week in Aberdeen. The big Dutchman is scoring pretty well and generally churns out some pretty good consistency in the Premier League. He was beaten twice by his old foe Taylor last season in the regular season, so that probably makes Taylor the stronger option. Taylor produced a stunning comeback from 5-0 against lewis on week one to earn a draw, and then cranked out a win against Kevin Painter last week. His three dart average is remarkable, with 112 in his first match and 108 last week, he is the only man to have produced over 100 in both of his matches. He is joint leader after two rounds with Whitlock on three points, but his three dart average is way above everyone else. Always hard to go against The Power
Taylor 4/11, Barneveld 4/1, Draw 11/2 at Bet365

2012 Premier League Darts betting outright winner odds
Phil Taylor 13/10, Adrian lewis 7/2, Gary Anderson 6/1, Simon Whitlock 13/2, Raymond van Barneveld 12/1, James Wade 16/1, Andy Hamilton 28/1, Kevin painter 33/1 at Bet Victor.

Premier League Darts Betting – Week 2
It’s on to week two of the 2012 Premier League Darts betting, and we are in Aberdeen. Week one produced one of the greatest Premier League matches ever as Adrian Lewis and Phil Taylor, team mates at the recent World Cup, went toe to toe in a thrilling 7-7 draw. Surprisingly, after round one, the two new boys to the Premier League occupy the top two spots, with defending champion Gary Anderson looking to get his first points on the board this week.

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Adrian Lewis v Raymond van Barneveld 2012 Premier League Darts betting
Interesting starts on week one of the new season for these two. Last year’s losing finalist Adrian Lewis hung on for a thrilling 7-7 draw against old rival Phil Taylor to open with. It was such a high scoring match, with double World Champion Lewis firing off a fantastic 104 three dart average, but was still outscored by Taylor. But, at the end of the day he won’t have been happy with the point, because he was 5-0 up in the match. He let a big chance get away here, as things were heading to a similar pattern as week one last season, when Lewis thumped Taylor 8-2. However, there was a sting in Taylor’s tail this time around. Lewis is in good form at the moment though, World Champion, World Cup winner and looking much more consistent. He takes on Raymond van Barneveld, who, for all his big talk, completely stuffed it up at the World Championships. Says he’s pretty much playing the best he can, and outscored Simon Whitlock on week one, but couldn’t finish the match, and also drew 7-7. Lewis is the more powerful of the two at the moment, Barneveld was the more consistent out of the two in last season’s Premier League though. Still, Lewis is favourite.
Lewis 5/6, Barneveld 2/1, Draw 9/2 at Boylesports

Gary Anderson v Andy Hamilton 2012 Premier League Darts betting
Defending champion Gary Anderson blew his lines a little bit last week in a scrappy match against new boy Kevin Painter. Anderson lost 8-6 in a low quality, low scoring match, where he barely broke an 80 three dart average. The loss against England’s Painter will have been a huge disappointment and will look to get his challenge going this week, as he starts with the darts against the other new boy, Andy Hamilton. Hamilton though rattled off a very good win of his own in his first Premier League darts match, taking out the experienced James Wade 8-5. Hamilton looked confident and took his chances well, and didn’t show any early nerves in the tournament, having the darts advantage being the ‘home’ player. There’s a long way to go, but a good start from Hamilton and should take heart from Painter taking out Anderson last week. Anderson looks the stronger bet with the bookies and will have to play better than last week.
Anderson 8/13, Hamilton 5/2, Draw 9/2 at SkyBet

Phil Taylor v Kevin Painter 2012 Premier League Darts betting
Taylor, a recent World Cup winner, was scoring phenomenally last week in his opener against Adrian Lewis. Lewis got the best of Taylor twice during last season’s Premier League, most crucially in the semi finals. So Taylor came out and fired a 112 three dart average (it was over 114 at one point in the match), which is stunning, and Taylor had to fight his way back from 5-0 down to tie 7-7, against the darts. That was one of the best Premier League darts matches ever, and shows why Taylor and Lewis are the main protagonists in 2012 Premier League darts betting. Painter will have been thrilled to have taken out Gary Anderson in his first ever Premier League match. In a low scoring affair, Painter edged the match 8-6 over the defending Champion, who was really slow out of the blows. Still, facing an on fire Taylor is a different kettle of fish, and the bookies are favouring a heavy Taylor victory.
Taylor 2/7, Painter 13/2, Draw 13/2 at Ladbrokes

Simon Whitlock v James Wade 2012 Premier League Darts betting
Aussie Whitlock will have been happy enough with his point against Raymond van Barneveld in his first match. The Wizard was outscored but hung in there to take a point in the end. Whitlock has decent experience in this format and should be better than he generally produces. Bit of a consistency problem for him, could put together a top four charge, but an outside bet. Wade was generally lack lustre and poor throughout last year’s tournament, but did string a few results together for some respectability. Struggles to get back to his highest standards at time, and therefore this match against Whitlock could be a bit of a slog fest. The difference could be in Whitlock’s favour as he has the darts in this match as the ‘home’ player. Could make a difference, and the Aussie looks just a touch more confident.
Whitlock 20/21, Wade 6/4, Draw 9/2 at Bet365

2012 Premier League Darts Betting Info
There are two new faces in Premier League Darts betting to look at this season, with Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter making their first forays into the event. This is the eighth edition of the tournament, and only one man has been present at them all. No real guesses as to who, as that is Phil The Power Taylor, who is back for more. Taylor has won the event five times out the seven previous incarnations, tasting success most recently back in the 2010 season. After losing just one match in last year’s regular season (a thumping 8-2 humiliation against Adrian Lewis on week one), Taylor hit back with a vengeance winning all thirteen matches after that. However, he came unstuck against Lewis again in the semi finals, losing 8-3 to the man known as his apprentice. This year’s Premier League Darts betting will culminate in the season finale at The O2 Arena in London on May 17th.

2012 Premier League Darts Dates & Venues
Feb 9th Manchester
Feb 16th Aberdeen
Feb 23rd Belfast
Mar 1st Exeter
Mar 8th Brighton
Mar 15th Glasgow
Mar 22nd Dublin
Mar 29th Cardiff
Apr 5th Nottingham
Apr 12th Sheffield
Apr 19th Bournemouth
Arp 26th Liverpool
May 3rd Birmingham
May 10th Newcastle
May 17th O2 Arena, London

2012 Premier League Darts Betting Defending Champion
The impressive Gary Anderson took the title last season, beating World Champion Adrian Lewis in the final. It was a comfortable victory in the end for the Scot, who won 10-4, having seen off Raymond van Barneveld in the semi finals. Anderson had racked up eight wins, one draw and five loses during the regular season, finishing in third place in the table to make it to the knockout stages. Not bad going at all for the powerful Scot, who crowned his event debut by winning the title. He is back to defend his title, yet is out at 6/1 with Paddy Power to be successful this year.

2012 Premier League Darts Betting Favourite
Little surprise again that it is Phil Taylor who is leading the 2012 Premier League darts betting. Why? Well he has all the tools necessary for this time of event. Endurance and consistency. No, he is not one of the younger guys, but he has that remarkable consistency to just turn up every week and rattle off wins. He is the master, the one who everyone wants to beat, and he is arguably not as consistent as his old powerful self, but he should still be there on finals night. Taylor is trading at 7/4 with Ladbrokes.

Other Contenders
Double World Champion and Phil Taylor’s World Cup winning partner Adrian Lewis is trading well. He struggled a little bit last season, scraping into the last knockout place by one point, simply because of his inconsistencies. As brilliant as he can be, highlight in winning the World Championship for the second year running, he can be a little unfocused in these once weekly turnouts. Still, the bookies fancy his stock rising a bit more and are covering themselves on him. If last season is anything to go by Gary Anderson will have a big presence in the contest again. Simon Whitlock, who had a decent World Cup, missed out on the final four by one point and is a dangerous floater, so too England’s James Wade, who should compete for a top four place. Raymond van Barneveld went well last season, putting in a lot of consistent performances to reach the semi final knockout. Doubtful whether or not he has the finishing power to go all the way or not, leaving new boys Andy Hamilton and Kevin Painter, neither of which are being given much hope by the bookies, and they are rank outsiders in this enduring darting test.

Latest 2012 Premier League Darts Betting Prices
Phil Taylor: 7/4 at Ladbrokes
Adrian Lewis: 7/2 at Totesport
Gary Anderson: 6/1 at Paddy Power
Simon Whitlock: 7/1 at Bet365
James Wade: 10/1 at SkyBet
Raymond van Barneveld: 14/1 at Boylesports
Andy Hamilton: 25/1 at BetFred
Kevin Painter: 25/1 at Bet365

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England duo of Phil Taylor and World Champion Adrian Lewis are clear favourites to lift the 2012 World Cup of Darts title. The three day event, which brought together twenty four of the top darts nations from across the world, has been action packed and non stop. The event is being held out in Germany, and the English pair are gunning hard for glory. There was almost a huge upset in the second round (which is the stage at which the top eight seeded teams entered) as top seeds England found themselves 2-0 down after the singles in their match against Canada, but miraculously turned things around in the doubles, forcing the match to sudden death leg, which the English duo took. One point is awarded for a singles victory, and two points for a doubles victory. That was a big comeback for England and will no doubt have given them even more confidence. Phil The Power Taylor has been joined by double World Champion Adrian Lewis for this years event, who takes the place of James Wade. Taylor and Lewis had to overcome a little trouble in their quarter final match against the USA, as Taylor lost the opening singles match. But with Lewis winning and the doubles match victory, England saw off the eleventh ranked team 3-1 to book their place in the semi finals. This is a better effort already from the 2010 event (which was the inaugural World Cup of Darts), in which Taylor and Wade were upset in the second round by huge underdogs Spain. Everything is pretty much running for form at the 2012 World Cup of Darts, the only big surprise being fourth seeds Scotland crashing out to 19th seeds South Africa in the second round.

England’s semi final opponents will be Wales, who are fifth seeds in the tournament and are chugging along very nicely. The duo of Richie Burnett and Mark Webster are an exciting pairing, and after seeing of Croatia 4-0 in the second round, they then saw off Scotland’s conqueror’s South Africa 3-1 to move ahead to the semi finals and the Welsh are looking pretty dangerous. They were the losing finalists at the 2010 World Cup of Darts, with Webster then being paired up with Barrie Bates. There is going to be no easy rides from here on out, and equally as dangerous are second seeds in the 2012 World Cup of Darts betting, Australia who have Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson going for them, have pretty much breezed through, beating Ireland comprehensively, and then seeing off tricky seventh seeds Belgium in the quarter finals. The Aussies are not going to be a pushover, as they face the defending Champions, the Netherlands for a spot in this year’s final. It is a different duo going for the Netherlands as well this, with Raymond van Barneveld teaming up with Vincent van der Voort, who comes in to replace Co Stompe. The Netherlands were paired up against fifth seeds Northern Ireland in the quarter finals, and the Dutch wasted little time in overpowering their opponents, taking the match 4-0 in the end. So the Dutch are going great guns on the path to defending their title, and while England are favourites in the 2012 World Cup of Darts betting, they have perhaps been the shakiest of the four semi finalists so far. Both Australia and the Netherlands have looked very dominant and the winner of their big semi final clash would make a good shout to go on and lift the title.

The semi finals and the finals will all be played on Sunday, February 5th

2012 World Cup of Darts Betting Odds
England (Phil Taylor and Adrian Lewis) 11/10 at Stan James
Australia (Simon Whitlock and Paul Nicholson) 11/5 at Paddy Power
Wales (Mark Webster and Richie Burnett) 13/2 at Boylesports
Netherlands (Raymond van Barneveld and Vincent van der Voort) 11/2 at Boylesports

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The second round of the 2012 PDC Darts World Championship will fire underway on December 22^nd, with the big guns still in the hunt. Defending Champion Adrian Lewis had a narrow escape in his first round match, squeezing past Nigel Heydon 3-2 in the defence of his title. It wasn’t very impressive stuff, and whether nerves as defending champion, combined with his penchant for inconsistency will plague him during this run remains to be seen. It wasn’t a convincing kick off from him to say the least. Phil The Power Taylor had no such problems though, breezing past qualifier Haruki Muramatsu in straight sets to book his place in the second round. Strong contender, Scotland’s Gary Anderson starts his run at the final on Tuesday with a match against Jyhan Artut. Anderson was last year’s losing finalist against Lewis, and has to be hungry to get back there and get his hands on the title. The biggest upset of the competition so far was England’s James Richardson crushing Raymond van Barneveld 3-0 in the first round. The big Dutchman was all full of talk, saying how he was getting back into his top form and was ready to gun for Phil Taylor in the draw. Well, that’s all over with, and is one challenger down for Phil Taylor.

The second round of the 2012 PDC Darts World Championship betting runs from December 22^nd to the 28^th, and it is that man Phil Taylor who is still commanding everything and is still the man to beat. He is the man that the bookies fear the most as well, and why he remains so short as outright favourite. Really can’t see anything stopping Taylor on a run at the title here at the moment, and really should be a certain for a quarter final place at the very least, and then we’ll take our darts betting from there.

With so many matches still to come from the Ally Pally in London for the 2012 PDC Darts World Championship betting, online bookmaker Ladbrokes are offering some pretty good coverage on your match betting for the event, the final of which is on January 2^nd, 2012. Back a player in match betting for the 2012 PDC Darts World Championship, and if your match selection loses, but during the match there was either a 170 Checkout or a Nine Dart Finish, then the bookie will refund your lost stake on that match. A nice bit of coverage in place for your darts betting with Ladbrokes. The highly popular bookie welcomes new customers with a free bet of up to £50 on a new account. Register a new account with Ladbrokes and the bookie will match the value of your first stake on that new account, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some nice free betting cash to start your sports betting with.

2012 PDC Outright Winner Odds at Ladbrokes
Phil Taylor 5/6, Adrian Lewis 7/1, Gary Anderson 8/1, James Wade 8/1, Wes Newton 28/1

Key Second Round Match odds at Ladbrokes
Phil Taylor 1/9 v Dave Chisnall 11/2
Adrian Lewis 1/6, Robert Thornton 4/1

The 2012 Darts World Championship is up and running, with the superb action firing until early next year at London’s Alexander Palace. Defending champion Adrian Lewis will be hungry to show that he has more than just one world title in him, while the big man himself, the one and only Phil The Power Taylor will be looking to reclaim his World Championship crown, what would be his sixteenth success at the event. Taylor crashed out in the quarter finals last year to Mark Webster, a true surprise and now Raymond van Barneveld has come out of the woodwork to state that he is gunning for the scalp of Phil Taylor this time. The two would meet on the way to the final, but Taylor is firm favourite in your World Championship Darts betting to go all the way, making up for his bitter disappointment last year. So it is all big talk from the Dutchman, who hasn’t been in great form for a long time now, and although he has won his last couple of exhibition matches, it is a far cry from picking up titles. With Scot Gary Anderson, last year’s losing finalist, also a danger player in the betting market, the action will be intense at the Ally Pally as the world’s top darters fight it out for supremacy.

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