2024 Players Championship Tour

[The Thorn]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

[The Thorn]

Only did it so Littler can qualify for the Matchplay, of course

[TheMalteseDart]

Great news

[oche balboa]

Fair play they are obviously worried about TC's not playing all midweek events so more money might swing it

[Rogg]

That's great news. A grand for winning a game of darts in the lowest tour event.

[thegentle]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

To think just a couple of years ago, you'd have needed to win an extra game pretty much across the board to earn the same money as now, excellent news, and much needed with the move to midweeks! My only slight gripe is that you still earn less for winning a second round game compared to a first round game, but in the grand scheme of things, that's very minor

[Foggs3355]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

Tbh good prize money it is I would like to see like in snooker round 1 price money don’t count on ranking as all event midweek so like £250 over 30 events it’s £7500

So maybe split
Winner £12.500
Runner up £8500
Semi £5000
Last 8 £3000
Last 16 £2250
Last 32 £1500
Last 64 £750
Last 128 £250
Still 125k pot

[The Crow]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

Tbh good prize money it is I would like to see like in snooker round 1 price money don’t count on ranking as all event midweek so like £250 over 30 events it’s £7500

So maybe split
Winner £12.500
Runner up £8500
Semi £5000
Last 8 £3000
Last 16 £2250
Last 32 £1500
Last 64 £750
Last 128 £250
Still 125k pot

Yeah first round losers money is needed now if the PDC want all 128 TC players to be “professionals” then they need at least so form of guaranteed income.

Still want a snooker shoot out style TV event also featuring all 128 TC holders.

[Foggs3355]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

Tbh good prize money it is I would like to see like in snooker round 1 price money don’t count on ranking as all event midweek so like £250 over 30 events it’s £7500

So maybe split
Winner £12.500
Runner up £8500
Semi £5000
Last 8 £3000
Last 16 £2250
Last 32 £1500
Last 64 £750
Last 128 £250
Still 125k pot

Yeah first round losers money is needed now if the PDC want all 128 TC players to be “professionals” then they need at least so form of guaranteed income.

Still want a snooker shoot out style TV event also featuring all 128 TC holders.

That would a good event to have a totally different format to what they using maybe every game
Best of 3 sets 3 legs so game could be won in 4 legs but go to max of 9 legs played

[Captain Hobo]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

Tbh good prize money it is I would like to see like in snooker round 1 price money don’t count on ranking as all event midweek so like £250 over 30 events it’s £7500

So maybe split
Winner £12.500
Runner up £8500
Semi £5000
Last 8 £3000
Last 16 £2250
Last 32 £1500
Last 64 £750
Last 128 £250
Still 125k pot

Yeah first round losers money is needed now if the PDC want all 128 TC players to be “professionals” then they need at least so form of guaranteed income.

Still want a snooker shoot out style TV event also featuring all 128 TC holders.

That would a good event to have a totally different format to what they using maybe every game
Best of 3 sets 3 legs so game could be won in 4 legs but go to max of 9 legs played

I would like that format but the broadcasters wouldn't allow it due to uncertainty of the length of matches.

[thegentle]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

Tbh good prize money it is I would like to see like in snooker round 1 price money don’t count on ranking as all event midweek so like £250 over 30 events it’s £7500

So maybe split
Winner £12.500
Runner up £8500
Semi £5000
Last 8 £3000
Last 16 £2250
Last 32 £1500
Last 64 £750
Last 128 £250
Still 125k pot

Yeah first round losers money is needed now if the PDC want all 128 TC players to be “professionals” then they need at least so form of guaranteed income.

Still want a snooker shoot out style TV event also featuring all 128 TC holders.

That would a good event to have a totally different format to what they using maybe every game
Best of 3 sets 3 legs so game could be won in 4 legs but go to max of 9 legs played

I would like that format but the broadcasters wouldn't allow it due to uncertainty of the length of matches.

Broadcasters don't seem to mind about the Grand Prix tbf

[thegentle]

Prize money increase announced for 2024...still no first round loser money

https://www.pdc.tv/news/2024/01/07/huge ... funds-2024

2024 Players Championship Prize Funds
Winner £15,000
Runner-Up £10,000
Semi-Finalists £5,000
Quarter-Finalists £3,500
Fourth Round Losers £2,500
Third Round Losers £1,500
Second Round Losers £1,000
Total £125,000

Tbh good prize money it is I would like to see like in snooker round 1 price money don’t count on ranking as all event midweek so like £250 over 30 events it’s £7500

So maybe split
Winner £12.500
Runner up £8500
Semi £5000
Last 8 £3000
Last 16 £2250
Last 32 £1500
Last 64 £750
Last 128 £250
Still 125k pot

Yeah first round losers money is needed now if the PDC want all 128 TC players to be “professionals” then they need at least so form of guaranteed income.

Still want a snooker shoot out style TV event also featuring all 128 TC holders.

I would like it, but it would go against everything Barry Earn has said tbf, I know he often contradicts himself, but only when there's money involved, I don't see how they enrich themselves by giving away first round losers money

[thegentle]

Barry Earn lol, nice typo

[Captain Hobo]

Broadcasters don't seem to mind about the Grand Prix tbf

That's different as it's a long-standing event.

There's a reason every new TV event created in the last 10-15 years is leg play with very similar formats and that is because it reduces variation in the length of the session which TV companies hate.

See also Matchplay 2nd Round shortening and Tie-break changes.

[Rogg]

Broadcasters don't seem to mind about the Grand Prix tbf

That's different as it's a long-standing event.

There's a reason every new TV event created in the last 10-15 years is leg play with very similar formats and that is because it reduces variation in the length of the session which TV companies hate.

See also Matchplay 2nd Round shortening and Tie-break changes.

Plus Sky presumably has a bit more flexibility as it's a specialist broadcaster but absolutely. ITV is a general channel with responsibilities to general people who for some reason like to be sold other programming too (why?).

[oche balboa]

No PDC Event has kept the same format, Qualifying criteria etc since it was created

[thegentle]

Broadcasters don't seem to mind about the Grand Prix tbf

That's different as it's a long-standing event.

There's a reason every new TV event created in the last 10-15 years is leg play with very similar formats and that is because it reduces variation in the length of the session which TV companies hate.

See also Matchplay 2nd Round shortening and Tie-break changes.

The leg variance would be no different to a BO11 leg game tbf, would like a World Masters style format, it's something different yet keeps the Worlds format sacred

[The Thorn]

These events are now the only sacred events in darts. Euro Tour is no longer.

Hopefully with some top players pulling out we will see a variety of new faces and exciting CT stand-ins.

[thegentle]

No PDC Event has kept the same format, Qualifying criteria etc since it was created

The formats of the Grand Slam and UK Open are very similar to what they've always been, the Matchplay broadly similar, but matches used to be much shorter in terms of legs, the Grand Prix had fewer players, but boy did they make up for that by having some wild formats!

We all know what the qualifying criteria used to be like for the Slam and the Open, what was the qualifying criteria in the early days for the Matchplay and Grand Prix? I imagine with a limited playing pool the criteria was somewhat less sophisticated than what we have now!

[thegentle]

These events are now the only sacred events in darts. Euro Tour is no longer.

Hopefully with some top players pulling out we will see a variety of new faces and exciting CT stand-ins.

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