2018 Players Championships

[The Thorn]

HANG ON A MO. Multi-time pro tour winners take precedence in GSoD sorting? That does ring a bell, come to think of it...


Christopher Kempf‏ @ochepedia
De Zwaan was the last player in. Ratajski takes his place by virtue of having won 2 PC events.

As if this saga couldn't get any sillier.

Ratajski makes it but in the least expected way possible.

I wonder did qualifying for the Grand Slam even cross his mind this weekend? Did he even know he could qualify by this route?

I really doubt it he thought about what could happen if he were to win both events

[The Thorn]

HANG ON A MO. Multi-time pro tour winners take precedence in GSoD sorting? That does ring a bell, come to think of it...


Christopher Kempf‏ @ochepedia
De Zwaan was the last player in. Ratajski takes his place by virtue of having won 2 PC events.

Maybe they mentioned it in passing about this year, but I haven't heard of it. I think it's a new rule, wasn't Adie ahead of Cross on the ProTour qualification list last year up until Cross got to the final of the Euros?

I recall it was done on OoM last year so pretty certain its a new rule

[Rogg]

And here is said rule from the Order of Merit rules page, section 3.1: https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules

"Players shall be separated within the reserve list first by the number of Events in each category they have won and then by their position in the PDC main Order of Merit on the cut-off date."

I was just off to look for that. Ratajski is in, not sure if he realises yet. I'll now start moaning about de Zwaan instead. Poor Jeffrey.

[The Ginge Reaper]

And here is said rule from the Order of Merit rules page, section 3.1: https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules

"Players shall be separated within the reserve list first by the number of Events in each category they have won and then by their position in the PDC main Order of Merit on the cut-off date."

I was just off to look for that. Ratajski is in, not sure if he realises yet. I'll now start moaning about de Zwaan instead. Poor Jeffrey.

Mushrooms will be seething though, so every cloud and all that.

[thegentle]

And here is said rule from the Order of Merit rules page, section 3.1: https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules

"Players shall be separated within the reserve list first by the number of Events in each category they have won and then by their position in the PDC main Order of Merit on the cut-off date."

I was just off to look for that. Ratajski is in, not sure if he realises yet. I'll now start moaning about de Zwaan instead. Poor Jeffrey.

Jeffrey is about to take the next flight to Australia to stamp on Cadby's arm

[Fiss Plaps]

And here is said rule from the Order of Merit rules page, section 3.1: https://www.pdc.tv/pdc-order-merit-rules

"Players shall be separated within the reserve list first by the number of Events in each category they have won and then by their position in the PDC main Order of Merit on the cut-off date."

I was just off to look for that. Ratajski is in, not sure if he realises yet. I'll now start moaning about de Zwaan instead. Poor Jeffrey.

To quote Ochepedia:

"That could be very strange: de Zwaan qualifying for 2017 Grand Slam after a terrible year, and then failing to qualify after reaching the Matchplay semifinal and winning a title."

[Randall]

Burton again.

Littered with good looking games

[DartJack Horseman]

HANG ON A MO. Multi-time pro tour winners take precedence in GSoD sorting? That does ring a bell, come to think of it...


Christopher Kempf‏ @ochepedia
De Zwaan was the last player in. Ratajski takes his place by virtue of having won 2 PC events.

As if this saga couldn't get any sillier.

Ratajski makes it but in the least expected way possible.

I wonder did qualifying for the Grand Slam even cross his mind this weekend? Did he even know he could qualify by this route?

I really doubt it he thought about what could happen if he were to win both events

ROTFL, what a weekend

No new posts on his FB personal site and FB official site since yesterday so maybe he doesn't know hahaha

[Tommo]

Don't think I've ever seen Scott Taylor.

[Zeyes]

HANG ON A MO. Multi-time pro tour winners take precedence in GSoD sorting? That does ring a bell, come to think of it...


Christopher Kempf‏ @ochepedia
De Zwaan was the last player in. Ratajski takes his place by virtue of having won 2 PC events.

Maybe they mentioned it in passing about this year, but I haven't heard of it. I think it's a new rule, wasn't Adie ahead of Cross on the ProTour qualification list last year up until Cross got to the final of the Euros?

Yes, that rule was added for 2018.

[tungsten tossers]

Ratty v Aidey for Jeffrey de Zwaan's Grand Slam spot.

In case you've forgotten Adrian's performances in Wolverhampton, here are a few choice results from his last few times:

Scott Mitchell 5-1 Adrian Lewis
Chris Dobey 5-3 Adrian Lewis
Benito van de Pas 5-2 Adrian Lewis
Rowby-John Rodriguez 5-2 Adrian Lewis
Keegan Brown 5-1 Adrian Lewis
Ronny Huybrechts 5-3 Adrian Lewis
Tony O'Shea 5-4 Adrian Lewis

If Ratty wins does he go to grand slam ?

No because his Order of Merit ranking is too low.

He WOULD be going to the Grand Slam had the PDPA not erased his World Masters title because he went to Ally Pally straight after he won it. An absolutely nonsensical decision.

He has been brilliant this weekend...
A fitting end to his season as it seemed like everything was against him getting to the GS.
Hopefully JdZ will get in as cadby looks very unlikely

[The Thorn]

Burton again.

That's a brutal draw. MVG, Anderson, Cross and Mensur in the same half. A big opportunity for some in the top half to get to a final. So probably another Wright choke job, let's hope not.

[Captain Hobo]

Don't think I've ever seen Scott Taylor.

Looks like Chizzy's dimmer younger brother.

[The Thorn]

Don't think I've ever seen Scott Taylor.

Got to a tour final this year I think, doubt he ever played on TV apart from UK Opens maybe

[Rogg]

Ratty on 6k now. He'll possibly go on to make the PC Finals if he wins the final. Going a long, long way to securing a tour card here.

And of course he'll have found a third or possibly fourth way (can't remember!) of not qualifying for the Grand Slam.

It'd be the fourth if he won.

1. Erased from BDO history by the PDPA for being PDC switching scum
2. Won the final ever UK Open qualifier, the lowest-ranked PDC tournament there is
3. Wins a Players Championship but is too low ranked to be a qualifier
4. Can't enter the Grand Slam qualifier as it's for Tour Card holders only

Failing to win a card in January is proving to be a big problem for Ratty.

Bloody hell. I feel like he can invent a few more ways between now and November...

Winner!! He got in after all that and then out again.

Now what's needed is for the Cadby situation to save him in midweek and then someone to knock him out again at the World Series Finals. Absolutely ridiculous.

[tungsten tossers]

A list of players with most cashing in occasions this year from 45 events from Burton...


A few surprising names up near the top

[The Thorn]

PC Finals coming up this weekend then...

From twitter:
Jacqui Oatley @JacquiOatley
Yes, the stage two games at the Players Championship Finals on Fri and Sat will be streamed on PDCTV-HD. The schedule comes out later today. @OfficialPDC @ITV4 #darts

[The Ginge Reaper]

PC Finals coming up this weekend then...

From twitter:
Jacqui Oatley @JacquiOatley
Yes, the stage two games at the Players Championship Finals on Fri and Sat will be streamed on PDCTV-HD. The schedule comes out later today. @OfficialPDC @ITV4 #darts

Werent they on the PDC FB page last year as well?

[thegentle]

PC Finals coming up this weekend then...

From twitter:
Jacqui Oatley @JacquiOatley
Yes, the stage two games at the Players Championship Finals on Fri and Sat will be streamed on PDCTV-HD. The schedule comes out later today. @OfficialPDC @ITV4 #darts

Werent they on the PDC FB page last year as well?

Yeah, stage 2 games were on FB last year

[Rogg]

Lovely stuff.

Who's Anderson playing in Round 1? I hope they've run it by him first.