Sky Poker World Grand Prix - Taylor Claims Eighth Title
Posted on October 13th, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR 6-2 RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD
(2-3, 3-2, 3-0, 1-3, 3-0, 3-2, 3-2, 3-2)
PHIL TAYLOR claimed his eighth Sky Poker World Grand Prix title with a 6-2 demolition of Raymond van Barneveld at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin.
Taylor bounced back from his first round exit in the double-start event a year ago to claim the title and pick up a fourth major ranking victory of 2008 in style.
He hit 13 180s and averaged 97.81 in claiming the £50,000 title.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix - Semi-Final Round-Up
Posted on October 13th, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld will clash in the final of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix on Sunday after convincing wins in the tournament’s semi-finals.
The world’s top two players dropped just seven legs between them in 5-0 semi-final romps over Mervyn King and Terry Jenkins to set up a high-profile decider.
Van Barneveld produced a powerful display to see off King 5-0, winning eight of the last nine legs of their semi-final to reach his first final in the double-start format.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix - Quarter-Final Round-Up
Posted on October 11th, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR and Raymond van Barneveld remain on course to meet in the final of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix after successfully winning through to the semi-finals of the double-start tournament.
The world’s top two were among the quarter-final winners at the Citywest Hotel in Dublin on Friday night, with Taylor producing one of the event’s most dominant displays in a 4-1 win over Andy Hamilton.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix Night 4 Round Up
Posted on October 10th, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR whitewashed Colin Osborne to power into the quarter-finals of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix.
Taylor followed up his first round win over Ronnie Baxter with a sensational destruction of Osborne, averaging 100.2 in the double-start format to set up an all-Stoke last eight game with Andy Hamilton on Friday.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix Night 3 Round Up
Posted on October 9th, 2008
RAYMOND VAN BARNEVELD confirmed his return to top form with a dramatic final-leg win over Adrian Lewis in the Sky Poker World Grand Prix on Wednesday.
The Dutchman has endured a disappointing 2008, and took two months away from the sport after losing in the quarter-finals of the summer’s World Matchplay in Blackpool.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix Night Two Round Up
Posted on October 8th, 2008
PHIL TAYLOR erased the demons of last year’s first round defeat in the Sky Poker World Grand Prix with a brilliant 2-0 demolition of Ronnie Baxter on Tuesday night.
Taylor slumped to a straight sets loss to qualifier Adrian Gray at the Citywest Hotel 12 months ago, but produced the event’s highest average so far this year of 96.72 in a fine display.
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Hometown Hero Set For Debut
Posted on October 7th, 2008
Only a couple of years ago Mick McGowan was the one player nobody wanted to draw. Climbing the rankings rapidly, having hit a rich vein of form, “The Magnet” was playing better than just about every other player on the circuit. With a world ranking outside the top 32 it meant he was often drawing one of the top ranked established “stars”…and beating them.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix - Night One Round-up
Posted on October 7th, 2008
DEFENDING CHAMPION James Wade was dumped out of the Sky Poker World Grand Prix on the opening night of the 2008 tournament by Tony Eccles.
World number three Wade claimed his second major title at the Citywest Hotel last year, but became the first big-name casualty of this year’s event with a 2-1 defeat to Eccles.
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Sky Poker World Grand Prix 08 Schedule of Play
Posted on September 27th, 2008
THE Sky Poker World Grand Prix will begin on Monday October 6, with defending champion James Wade and world number two Raymond van Barneveld in action on the opening night.
Wade will kick off the tournament when he faces Tony Eccles in the best of three set first round, 12 months after he claimed his second major title with a 6-3 win over Terry Jenkins in Dublin.
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World Grand Prix 08 Draw
Posted on September 25th, 2008
JAMES WADE will begin the defence of his Sky Poker World Grand Prix against Tony Eccles next month, while Phil Taylor meets Ronnie Baxter at the Citywest Hotel.
Wade defeated Terry Jenkins to claim the Dublin title last October, and will open up this year’s 2350,000 event on Monday October 6 against qualifier Eccles, who will be making his debut in the double-start tournament.
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