Magical Taylor Rules Europe
Posted on November 3rd, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR claimed the PartyPoker.net European Championship title with an 11-5 win over Adrian Lewis last night.
Taylor produced a majestic weekend of darts in Frankfurt, recording two of the top three highest ever televised averages at over 113 in reaching the final.
He then came from 2-0 down to see off former protégé Lewis in the final and claim the £50,000 title, surging clear by winning seven out of eight legs in mid-game.
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PartyPoker.net European Championship - Second Round Round-Up
Posted on November 2nd, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR produced the second highest average in the history of televised darts in defeating Mervyn King 9-3 to reach the quarter-finals of the PartyPoker.net European Championship.
Taylor averaged a superb 113.92, bettered only by his own display against Wes Newton in this year’s Blue Square UK Open, to storm into the last eight in Frankfurt.
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PartyPoker.net European Championship - Second Round Afternoon Session
Posted on November 1st, 2008
RONNIE BAXTER and Robert Thornton set up a tasty quarter-final clash at the PartyPoker.net European Championship with wins in Saturday’s early second round games.
Baxter ended the hopes of Spanish newcomer Carlos Rodriguez with a 9-5 victory at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt, reaching his first televised quarter-final this year.
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PartyPoker.net European Championship - Night Two Round-Up
Posted on November 1st, 2008
ADRIAN LEWIS defied a badly cut hand to progress to round two of the PartyPoker.net European Championship on Friday night.
Lewis went on stage at the Südbahnhof in Frankfurt sporting three plasters on a cut left hand after attempting to catch a falling glass shortly before his game.
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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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