{"id":6036,"date":"2023-04-19T10:32:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T10:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2023\/04\/column-hr403-the-price-is-right\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T22:17:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T22:17:58","slug":"column-hr403-the-price-is-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dartoidsworld.net\/2023\/04\/column-hr403-the-price-is-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Column #HR403 THE PRICE IS RIGHT!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
\n<\/strong>Column HR403\u00a0<\/strong>
\nTHE PRICE IS RIGHT!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cCome on down, Gerwyn Price, to see what you\u2019ve won!\u201d<\/p>\n

It was a memorable night in the Premier League for Price when the \u201cPDC traveling road show\u201d hit Brighton.\u00a0 The city, known as a beach paradise during summer, was a chilly 46 degrees with showers.\u00a0\u00a0For most it was no night at the beach as Price took to it\u00a0like Joey Chestnut does to hot dogs.\u00a0\u00a0Joey, like the ODC,\u00a0attended the Harvard of the West, THE SAN JOSE STATE.<\/p>\n

Price was perfect like corn thru a seagull after someone yells, \u201cLook up\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0This was the Price that captured the World Championship in 2021 beating Gary Anderson 7-2.\u00a0\u00a0In 2022, Price reached the quarters losing to Michael Smith 4-5.\u00a0\u00a0This year, Price again made the quarters but was ousted by Gabriel Clemens 5-1.\u00a0 In that one Price took the first set 3-0, then Clemens rolled five sets on winning 15 legs to 4.\u00a0 Since then, he\u2019s had spotty play.<\/p>\n

Price entered the night 5 points behind leader Michael van Gerwen in a race to the final 4 playoffs\u00a0paying a nifty \u00a3275,000 to the winner with a measly \u00a3125,000 for runner-up.\u00a0 \u00a0Price became the first to win 4 PL nights adding a \u00a310,000(bonus for winning) making his haul this year \u00a340,000.\u00a0 All Price\u2019s wins came with averages of 100+ with a high of 115.97 in his opening 6-2 win against Chris Dobey.\u00a0\u00a0Dobey is unlikely to make the playoffs as he trail\u2019s 4th<\/sup>\u00a0place Jonny Clayton by 7 points with four nights remaining.<\/p>\n

Dobey has played too well to be where he is.\u00a0 He\u2019s played well with terrible results.\u00a0 Against Price, Dobey averaged 103.27 where Price opened\u00a02-0 with legs of 11 and 13 which morphed to 4-2 when Price unleashed an 11-darter.\u00a0\u00a0Then,\u00a0T80 and T27 presented Price with 54 which was sent on its way.\u00a0 The winning leg was also in 11 (T80, T, T45 leaving 76 – erased with T20 D8).\u00a0 Price was 6\/10 in finishing.\u00a0\u00a0Four of those misses came in a winning leg 4.<\/p>\n

Next up for Price was Michael van Gerwen where both had averages that were capable of securing a win on most nights.\u00a0 MvG tacked up an average of 104.71 but was outscored by Price at 108.05.\u00a0 Captain Oblivious arrives stating, \u201cAs is often the case it was a dreaded perky d16 that sunk MvG\u201d in Price’s 6-5 win.<\/p>\n

A pair of 15-darters gave MvG a 2-nil start.\u00a0 Price leveled at 2 with finishes of 72 and 86 in 14 and 11 darts.\u00a0\u00a0MvG regained the lead (3-2) after Price missed 3 from 40 using a T20 check.\u00a0 That lead stretched to 4-2 in a leg where Price trailed after a MvG T80.\u00a0 Price clawed one back in the battle of T80\u2019s and left himself 40.<\/p>\n

It got level at 4 thanks to Price’s 13-darters.\u00a0 Price’s 11-darter moved him to 5-4 – one leg from the win but stalled by a MvG 10-darter.<\/p>\n

The decider was a collapse waiting to happen.\u00a0 Price, with the darts, scored T80, T, T80 leaving 81 after 9 darts as MvG wallowed back at 267.\u00a0 MvG got to T70 giving Price a chance to check from 81.\u00a0 Price missed a dart at 24 to close.\u00a0\u00a0MvG\u2019s Ton left him to 70.\u00a0\u00a0Price missed three leaving 24.\u00a0 MvG used 18 and 20 to miss one at 32.\u00a0 Price nailed d12 to move on.<\/p>\n

Michael Smith would make the finals beating Jonny Clayton 6-4.\u00a0 Clayton had leads of 3-1 and 4-2.\u00a0 Smith, as he has done in the past, missed 5 doubles for 3-3.\u00a0 That usually leads to \u201clackadaisical\u201d play to follow on legs.\u00a0\u00a0Not this time as Smith captured 4 for the win including an 11-darter in the decider.\u00a0 Clayton never saw a double.<\/p>\n

Peter Wright, against Smith, has played better, which is not saying a lot as he seemed lost.\u00a0 After a sorry first leg Smith used 12 darts and a T21 check to level.\u00a0 Then 16 to lead 2-1.\u00a0\u00a0After Smith led 3-2, Wright would level in 14, then\u00a0lead 4-3.\u00a0 Smith answered in 12 as Wright used 14 to lead 5-4.\u00a0\u00a0Smith used 15 and 13 which came after Wright missed the Bull from 88.<\/p>\n

The final was level at 1 and 2 when Smith broke out leading 3-2 following a Price missed Bull from T21 then 2 more from 24.\u00a0 From then on, it was all Price\u00a0thanks to Smith being unable to close from 34, which would have given him\u00a0a 4-2 lead.\u00a0 Price took advantage of Smith’s inability to score for the 6-3 win.<\/p>\n

“The Price (was) right” in Brighten which begs the question: \u201cwill Price be atop\u00a0the standings after night 15 in Sheffield?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0He trail\u2019s MvG by a mere 2 points.<\/p>\n

With the draws set, the two meet only once in the first round (which is called the Quarters, but the Old Dart Coach prefers the “first round”) – and three other matches in the finals if they advance throughout the night.\u00a0 The 4th<\/sup>\u00a0seed is wide open with Jonny Clayton hanging on to a 2-point lead over Nathan Aspinall and 7 over Chris Dobey.<\/p>\n

A win by Clayton over Dobey this week in Rotterdam would probably doom Dobey\u2019s hopes for the playoffs.\u00a0 Aspinall is going\u00a0to have a difficult and bumpy road to travel as his first round draws are Michael Smith, Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price where he will be a big underdog.\u00a0\u00a0He\u2019ll probably be the favorite against Dimitri Van den Bergh\u00a0on\u00a0night #13 but then he\u2019d face either Price or Clayton.<\/p>\n

This weekend the CDC hosts the CDC Cross-Border Darts Challenge at the historic White Eagle Hall.\u00a0 Why is it historic?\u00a0 According to the internet,\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a music, theatre and dining venue in a restored historic building in the Village neighborhood of Downtown Jersey City, built in 1910\u201d.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Eight players for Canada and the USA will compete for spots in the 2023 Bet365 US Darts Masters and Bet365 North American Championship plus a minimum of $15,000 in prize money.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t have tickets, you can catch the action on Darts Connect.<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends.<\/p>\n

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