Seeds Fall On European Championships Opening Night
Posted on October 31st, 2008
WORLD CHAMPION John Part and number five seed Terry Jenkins were among the big names to lose out on the opening night of the PartyPoker.net European Championship.
Part crashed to a 5-3 loss against Scottish star Robert Thornton, who came from 3-2 down to take victory.
Jenkins was defeated 7-5 in a thrilling clash by Spanish newcomer Carlos Rodriguez, the 29-year-old from Barcelona making his debut in front of the television cameras.
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PartyPoker.net European Championship Preview
Posted on October 29th, 2008
THE inaugural PartyPoker.net European Championship begins on Thursday night in Frankfurt, with 32 players competing for the £50,000 winner’s cheque.
The new event, the eighth major ranking event on the PDC circuit, will be televised live on ITV4 from the Südbahnhof from Thursday-Sunday.
World number one Phil Taylor will be bidding to claim a fourth successive televised title, having won the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic, Stan James World Matchplay and Sky Poker World Grand Prix since June.
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European Championship Qualifiers & Draw
Posted on October 27th, 2008
JACKO BARRY and Andy Jenkins claimed the final two qualifying places for the European Championship - and drew Phil Taylor and Raymond van Barneveld for the inaugural event.
Irish star Barry, from Dublin, will take on world number one Taylor on the opening night of the tournament, which is screened live on ITV4.
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Wizard Claims German Darts Trophy
Posted on October 27th, 2008
COLIN OSBORNE claimed his first Players Championship title of 2008 with a final-leg win over Carlos Rodriguez in the PartyPoker.net German Darts Trophy final.
Osborne has twice been a runner-up so far in 2008 in Players Championships, although he did win the Blue Square UK Open North-East Regional Final in January.
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Taylor Wins Championship League Darts
Posted on October 24th, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR claimed victory in the inaugural Championship League Darts final with a 7-5 victory over Mervyn King.
The 13-time World Champion swept through the eight-man field at Crondon Park Golf Club in Essex in the Winners Group, sitting unbeaten after seven league games and winning through the play-offs.
Only Mark Dudbridge took a point from Taylor in the league phase with a draw in the final round of matches, before the Stoke legend defeated Alan Tabern 6-4 in the semi-finals and came from 3-2 down to defeat King 7-5 in the final.
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Championship League Darts - Walsh Wins Group Eight
Posted on October 23rd, 2008
MARK WALSH booked a place in the Winners Group of Championship League Darts with victory in Group Eight of the tournament.
Walsh was victorious in the last of the eight league days with a 7-4 victory over Dennis Priestley in the final of the tournament, shown live on the internet through www.bet365.com and www.ladbrokes.com, after ending the hopes of Adrian Lewis in the semis.
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Championship League Darts - Group Seven Win For Dudbridge
Posted on October 23rd, 2008
MARK DUDBRIDGE claimed victory in Group Seven of Championship League Darts - with Adrian Lewis losing in a third final of the tournament.
Dudbridge booked his place in Thursday’s Winners Group of Championship League Darts, screened exclusively on the internet through www.bet365.com and www.ladbrokes.com, with a 7-4 defeat of Lewis in the final.
Dudbridge timed his run perfectly, bouncing back from a slow start at Crondon Park GC in Essex to finish third in the league table and then come through the knockout play-offs, matching his high scoring with clinical finishing to see off Mark Walsh then Lewis.
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Scottish Players Championship Win For Wade
Posted on October 19th, 2008
JAMES WADE bounced back to top form to win Sunday’s Scottish Players Championship with a 3-1 defeat of Mark Walsh.
The world number three has struggled for form over the past month and crashed out of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix in the first round recently.
But he powered through the field at the Magnum Centre in Irvine to claim the £5,000 winner’s cheque and his first tournament win since June’s UK Open.
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Roy Wins Scottish Players Championship
Posted on October 19th, 2008
ALEX ROY won his first title since March 2005 with a final-leg triumph over Denis Ovens in the Scottish Players Championship.
Roy claimed a dramatic victory at the Magnum Centre in Irvine to claim the £5,000 title - and a Players Championship qualifying place in the European Championship at the end of the month.
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PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts - Newton Wins ITV Wildcard Qualifier
Posted on October 18th, 2008
WES NEWTON claimed a place in the PartyPoker.com Grand Slam of Darts with a victory over Colin McGarry in the final of the ITV Wildcard Qualifier.
The Blackpool-based accountant earned himself a minimum £4,000 prize money by qualifying for next month’s tournament at the Wolverhampton Civic.
Newton dropped out of the PDC’s top 32 last week, being overtaken by Tony Eccles, but responded in style to ensure his place in front of the ITV Sport cameras.
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