Event #1 of the 2024 Championship Darts Circuit.
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what an exciting weekend us DS Master qualifiers and of course Cosmo darts classic and the Indiana 5 Indianapolis 51 tomorrow morning at 11 A.M yeah lots going on uh great to be home where I don’t even have to log into the Wi-Fi exactly my my computer uh pops right up um lots to play for um I think we’ve got um some exciting stuff and I this is kind of a throwaway thing but I I think it’s interesting to to talk about um just to show like where we are with the professionalism and it’s at the expense of somebody that showed up late and tried to register um and it wasn’t able to get into the event but that is just because there is so much planning brackets are set we now have betting uh involved in the CDC um there’s so many grownup things uh not to not to make it uh sound childish before but there’s so many so many uh big boy things that we’re doing here with the uh the CDC it’s it’s good to see that kind of uh um progression oh absolutely and we’ve always talked about you know our our whole task is to kind of grow the sport here uh in North America and the batting aspect all of those things that you just mentioned are are key to uh get into that spot where we want to be and speaking of big moments how about last night uh the US DS Masters qualifier number one took place and uh David Cameron becomes our first qualifier through these qualifiers to uh to get on the Madison Square Garden stage once again yeah and one of the thing first things I said to you uh when I walked in was like what a chalk um top four yeah we had uh we had yesterday now I know not technically um I know there was uh uh well David uh Cameron and Gates were one and three um and and no disrespect to uh um to the other um the other official seeds but if you look at this uh when you see Jeff Smith Danny baggish yeah those those are four of the top names that come out of your mouth when you when you looked at the uh the bracket just without uh without those other numbers you’re absolutely correct if if baggas was the one seed David Cameron was the two seed J with the three seed and Leonard Gat with the four seed we wouldn’t question it yep n and that’s that’s the whole point there and how about this five of the eight quarterfinalists had been on that Madison Square Garden stage before in the past all four of our semi-finalists had been on that stage before do you think there’s a little bit of an extra on the line for those players to get back well I think again just talking about the progression of the CDC I think that speaks to the fact that these guys are getting big big time stage experience they know how to throw those darts Under Pressure um and by the way uh my my remarks about the the top four as far as uh the seeds are concerned you have to remember you already have what five guys that are taken out of that draw um straight away so that uh um just keep that in mind because obviously Alex Spellman’s name uh pops into that list and uh he may go above one of those uh one of those four players 100% yeah let’s talk about the six players that are qualified so far we got David Cameron who just qualified uh Stow bunts Alex Bellman Matt Campbell Jules vong and Danny Lobby are going to be those six uh Jules Matt and Danny get it through the PDC tour card and then Stow bunts won it with the Continental cup tour finals Alex Bellman won it back in April at the crossb darts challenge so um everyone has earned their spot at this point and there are two still two spots up for grabs this evening at 6 PM is that uh Second us start Masters qualifier where uh we’re going to have an order Merit qualifier and then of course the winner of tonight’s event how much onus does that put on all of the players that are not qualified that are playing this morning that are really kind of looking forward to the potential opportunity that is tonight yeah I I I think the the uh the names that we’re all familiar with probably aren’t looking ahead I think they um are looking at today’s this morning event um as the first the first of two wins today um so they’re they’re they’re looking to perform uh um today um and I think they’re going to have enough time um to get ready for that 6 PM qualifying event as well so there’s there’s plenty of time in there to to do both and and to be successful in both but I I’m not going to lie uh Jeff Smith Danny baggish um Leonard Gates uh and the rest of the probably the top eight uh certainly know that they’ve put them put themselves in a decent position uh to come through that qualifier in the uh the afternoon even if it’s just as second place as points absolutely if if you’re Danny baggish or Jeff Smith or Leonard Gates and you make another semi-final tonight and you know none of those other three guys around you you feel pretty decent yep or one of them wins and you make a uh a top four absolutely that’s that’s another that’s always another thing that you have to look for in these qualifying things because if someone above you uh actually goes on and wins it uh it kind of opens up another spot for you you’re not going to get uh um beat out on points let’s talk about a surprising um player last night that just was consistently 90 plus averages and that’s John part uh kind of turn back the clock a little bit he lost in the quarterfinals to Leonard Gates uh eventual finalist um with an 86.67% all yeah I I mean this this is a game of confidence uh so I mean and and John part probably knows that better than uh better than anybody um so he is certainly looking dangerous um just the the more comfortable he gets and I also think he’s got a very level head at this point um uh looking at the game so he he knows when he’s throwing well and he knows when he’s not and if he’s saying that he’s feeling good that’s uh I think that’s indicative of uh um uh from him yeah he actually gets a tough draw today right out the the gate here in the bracket he will take on the US darts Masters qualifier from last night David Cameron in the first round uh bit of an interesting maybe potential upset alert right away you have Cameron who’s coming off like the height of last night it’s might be a little bit harder for him to kind of settle in early today would you agree with that I wouldn’t only because again just just the um the level that that David’s used to playing at in the last 18 months um every tournament he gets into I think he’s a danger um I mean we saw the run that he had at the uh um the cross border uh as well uh so I no I don’t think he thinks job’s done I think he’s already got one win of two that he’s uh that he’s going to go for uh this weekend yeah and you just mentioned it it’s even more impressive that he made the final of the crossb darts challenge so he missed his first opportunity to get qualified yep and then immediately it successful last night I think you’re absolutely spot on there and that was with an 102 average in the semi-finals against Danny baggish to beat him five to four um so I’m expecting great success out of our out of a lot of players today I’m excited to be back here for weekend number one 10th year of the CDC is uh starting right now and it’s it’s exciting to start off with this Cosmo DS classic for those of you that are following Along on darkart connect we want to let you know that our main streaming board this is nice and easy that we can just tell you guys if you just look at the uh group four uh in the bracket that is our main streaming board group for today um so those first seven matches are going to kind of be those first seven matches of that group um starting with Stow bunts versus Jason Wilbur right out the gate and then our streaming Board number two capabilities because we have two streaming boards this weekend ladies and gentlemen uh and that one I believe features I’m going to get the right exact might be eight yep it is group eight uh so starts with Jim long and Paul 4 Hour there at the top and moves it way down so if you want to check that out Jeff Smith’s in that group as well um as an unseated player taking on a pretty a pretty significant kind of sleeper pick there and Danny Young I was just going to say somebody that’s kind of been making some waves had a really good Virginia Beach um certainly uh certainly can play I I don’t remember the averages for him uh from yesterday um but I think he he wenton a couple of rounds um in the uh in the qualifier um so yeah I I actually uh it’s funny when I was looking at the results from Virginia Beach are kind of following along I was like is Darren trying to play funny with uh the name with the name yeah um there there’s all kinds of uh conspiracy theorist on on how you get drawn with uh with certain names so I didn’t know if that was uh uh him playing around with that but no um never met the guy uh but again certainly puts up the numbers to uh uh to give a little bit of a banana appeal to uh to Jeff Smith right off the rip yeah absolutely and we’re not blowing smoke at you he was the seventh highest average last night in in that in the qualifier with an 85.4 one and his average finishing uh 76 on his average finish what was his 180 he l0 yeah 6.9% of his uh rounds were 180 he had four of them no that’s not right why did it switch real quick on who I was with I don’t know how to work this thing you know um but I’ll I’ll get there eventually guys work on that computer oh no I I blew it um Leonard Gates had the most with one with 13 on the evening but you’re absolutely right the highest percentage was Danny Young he only had two but he only played a a couple matches last night he got taken out pretty early on by by a good matchup so tonight I’m excited I’m looking forward to it it’s going to be a a great day of Just Darts all all day long here in Brownsburg uh for anyone who loves the game like we do uh it makes for an exciting exciting day um let’s take a look uh around the rest of them that we may not get to see yeah absolutely until kind of later um so I’m looking at the uh the second board group here that uh Danny baggish is at the uh the top of taking on Kaden Newberry um the next one though that’s that’s an interesting one so right off the bat Johnny Johnny Kay former uh USA number one for for many years uh will be taking on the winner of Anthony Romero and Nick Lindberg well I hate to tell you this but um I’m I have not I did not see him last night is he here today oh because I don’t know if he is and if he is not and he has withdrawn then that means the winner of Anthony Romero Nick Lindberg will automatically move on to play the winner of Danny baggish and Kaden Newberry we skate right through look at that so I believe that there are a couple players who didn’t who did not arrive and I believe he was one of them okay so um so even more uh Anthony Romero and Nick Lindberg is going to get a pass into uh um not only round one but into uh round two yeah makes it a little bit more interesting um for sure out the gate H another sneaker or sleeper pick Adam seveda who was great a couple years ago he showed up last night and I mean it was like he never he he never stopped playing um average a I mean a very very very good performance I don’t know what I’m seeing here out of all this that just like it like switched on me here the St connect leaderboard of what was going on yeah seveda lost uh um top 16 to Doug Bame um with a 90 average well 89.1 he had 89.7 s for the event 53 so yeah playing very consistent and unfortunately at this uh um at this time and this level of uh American darts uh a 90 doesn’t always get you get you through which is music to my ears to be completely honest um I love uh seeing stuff like that but I mean honestly I I’ve seen him a couple of times on the soft tip side yep so um I I know that his game is still Sharp I know he’s still uh consistently uh playing um so no doubt I’m I’m just glad to see guys like that um Springer uh make the journey because this is an investment to uh to come and play and stuff like this um and and that goes for everybody to to be honest but sometimes those West Coast guys um depending on where the uh um yeah I was gonna say the events are held that’s uh um that’s always a worry that we’re not going to see and kind of raise that talent pool as well 100% And just to remind you guys of what you’re going to see today on our main streaming board the first match will be Stow buns versus Jason Wilbur second match will be Jack Robinson taking on Jeff Springer so we do get to see the Stinger uh on our stream uh as early as match number two match number three is going to be a good one Jason Brandon taking on kefir Durham uh that’s one’s going to be an interesting one of them how about the uh best dressed in darts Mr Ross snook with the shoes uh for days taking on the winner of Justin faucet and Gino floran another good battle that they’re going to have their off stream and then they’ll have that whoever wins that one will be on stream from that point former from that point forward and then match five and six are the winners of one and two and then the winners of three and four and then that match number seven that we’ll have on our stream is the winner of match number five taking on the winner of match number six so as the bracket moves in you’ll see that uh kind of take shape so we’ll see a lot of the same players in our first seven matches and then we’ll get those quarterfinal semi-finals like we always do um on our main streaming board and we I can’t wait it’s going to be a great day you’ll be able to see those other quarterfinals the other semi-finals a lot of them on the second streaming board which is also really cool that we have access to so it’s a day full of darts guys we’re on YouTube We’re on Facebook I believe for stream stream number two we’re on Twitch and of course we cannot talk about anything without saying we’re on P .tv yeah yeah running running with the big boys it’s always cool to have man Cosmo darts classic brought to you by Cosmo darts and what a way to start this 64 player bracket full full bracket today and of course we have the availab availability for betting Now not available in all states but we are working to get to that point but if you go to uh https colon NXT bets.com slpl CDC that’ll get you all the information to get you signed up in those places where we are available if we are available in those locations just make sure that if you are 21 plus that you are 21 plus and if you have a gambling problem please call- 1800 Gambler to get the help that you need there why don’t you give me that uh website one more time that I feel like that’s absolutely that’s a second take uh it’s NXT TB bets.com slpl CDC gotcha get rid of that https that we don’t need to worry about it automatically add that if you just uh don’t type that in there but it looks like we have some warm-ups happening around there including uh stow buun and Jason Wilbur which will be our first streamed match here and um Stow bunts of course our defending Continental Cup champion we love the fact that we get to start off showcasing that on our uh main streaming board he’s taking on michigander Jason Wilbur who’s originally from California so he probably doesn’t like me calling him a michigander I don’t know how many people do um sounds like a female goose if we’re being honest um but there’s a mish in front of that so it works out fine so yeah I I just want to bring a couple of the others um that we’re not going to uh necessarily see um uh depending on how uh how far the run is uh Dustin Holt is uh is here um uh Joey Lena will be uh will be vying for uh for a title um Jake McMillan um absolutely Captain Canada Captain Canada uh is here I’m looking to uhh to capture a title um Matthew Thompson there’s a sleeper that I want to bring everybody uh yeah talk about him a little bit uh Matthew Thompson won the uh the cricket um at the Buckeye open um and then uh I saw some results from uh him at uh Cleveland Extravaganza um playing extremely well uh very good uh 501 player uh finishing well scoring heavy um made some changes to uh to how he approaches the uh the dart day um um minus some uh adult beverages is what I’ve uh what I’ve heard and it’s it’s paying dividends for him he’s uh he’s playing extremely well that’s uh he’s got no name out the gate one one off the bat yeah and he’s he’s going to he’s a potential banana peel for uh for Doug um but unfortunately for Matt um Doug does not seem like the one that uh that will go into a match thinking that he’s already won it so 100% he uh he’ll certainly take it off how go ahead I was gonna say how about a couple of our other newcomers uh to how about Colin wrath uh former official and referee of the CDC is now uh on the player side of things yeah it’s great to see he’s uh I I know he’s really wanted to uh to get into that side of it so um great to see that uh he’s qualified and uh and making making his way through here um Steve waro Elliot milk right off the bat in group seven that’s huge what what a big uh lineup that is yeah let’s talk about that little section of the Brack you got Dave Richardson who’s now back on tour this season uh was not on he had his tour car last year but lost it went and regained it for this year and showed up yesterday he had one match against uh my partner with two the point streaming uh Tim Neil as Tim beat San Baux in the first round averaging almost 90 and uh Dave did not give Tim a shot in the second match he was averaging well over 100 uh somewhere around 106 at one point uh ended up dropping it down to the high 80s because he couldn’t check out 12 he took six starts at the match winning Dart but um and that’s what dropped down at the end of the day but he he looked very tough at at that point yeah I come from a time uh Dave Richardson when when we only had one qualifier for the world championship he he had he won that um I believe it was in Ontario Canada somewhere um but uh so yeah very familiar with uh with him um I don’t know how much he’s playing but it it sounds like he certainly uh still has the chops to uh um uh to put up big numbers yeah absolutely and he’s in that same part of the bracket the winner of Davon John liot will take on Jake wac uh who came out the gates firing last year in event number two I believe um I don’t know why I say I believe I can just look can’t I he won event number one so Jacob wack came out of the gates fire and beat Stow buns in the final that one seven to2 and talking about Jacob Wack he is the former CDC Evolution tour uh hero yeah I was going to say wasn’t he undefeated God 15 15 events or something yeah he he swept the entire event uh lineup in 2019 won every single event including the finals uh the closest anyone got to him was six to four in a final so he didn’t even go to a last league deider in any of those yeah a younger looking but uh much older Luke ller there you go yeah and with with a fuller beard which is actually even more impressive but I cannot wait buddy it’s we can talk talk for days about all these matchups that we got going on and I it’s going to be wonderful oh you know who I skipped over um JT Davis and Kylie Edmonds right off uh right off the rip in the uh the first group so uh could be a potential um I mean ceva in there and John John steinhoffer um gosh albery actually shot really well last night too kind of a a lesser known player yeah these these events just get more and more um it really is turning into uh um a micro cosm of the of the pro tour where really anybody can beat anybody um the the level is just uh kind of getting to that point um now all of that said uh after the the chalk qualifier uh that we had yesterday um that is certainly something that uh we may see but it looks like we are uh getting ready to uh to fire up our first match here yeah you see right there that is quite the electric uh Dart Jersey that kefir Durham has on is he’s going to be chalking for us right out the gate um he will be playing a little bit later on on the streaming board plays match number three there and we’re getting our first look at Jason Wilbur and you know what this is kind of what I expected out of Jason Wilbur he’s wearing he could be going to a golf course he could be going to to play some darts today and he you kind of got to worry about those guys when they show up that way right yeah well there’s a there’s a level of uh um comfort that uh that that he’s not going to be shaking uh but but the the neon nightmare yeah the the shirt the pants the overall wardrobe that is Stow buns the fit as the kids say oh absolutely and it looks like they are just warming up I think otherwise we got 26 right out the gate yeah I’m going to guess they’re warming up better to throw it now otherwise that was a nine for Stow I was hoping Stow was gonna go for the Shanghai I win yeah just automatically take it out all right as you can see you can see they’re a little bit loose early on in the morning as well it is 11:30 Eastern Standard Time here in Brownsburg Indiana so welcome wherever you are Tuning In from from around the world here live on pdc.tv or one of our other streaming locations this weekend like YouTube twitch Facebook if if there’s a streaming service out there we’re we’re covering it this weekend yeah make sure you’re following uh champ darts Championship Dart series circuit uh on all of the the socials want to chat while watching along YouTube’s a good spot for that as it looks like they are bulling up here and then we’re going to be they’ll get nine darts and then they’ll they’ll be rolling I believe we’ll get a look from uh from Jeff good or we’ll hear from Jeff good he likes to make his voice known early on chat on out if you know it if St starts to struggle look for him to to move down to those 19s and switch down those 19s pretty quickly uh that is where he has a lot of scoring potential yeah it’s one of the things that I really like about stow’s game not being afraid to uh to move around the board and they are of and running actually right out the gate I was expecting this to be right off the rip but look at this and that’s a 180 from Stow bunts the first one is in the next three darts after the first three from Stow yeah Stow already finding the range on the 180s Wilbur finding his first treble still from V Virginia Beach Portsmouth Virginia area a dock worker there and5 man you want to talk about one of the most down toe human beings who just has this priorities kind of set straight and he doesn’t question those priorities either it’s not like well now that I’m now I’m doing all great at darts here for the last couple years I’m ready to just jump on the PDC no he’s he’s been very open and honest about um his desires with this right now is we’re looking at another big setup from him yeah great darts good opening leg this will be a great settler for him I’ve uh I’ve often talked about first rounds and what what a nerve-wracking mess I always was for them and and uh know that other players are not a fan but uh this is exactly how you want to open your campaign yeah it doesn’t look like stow’s too nervous here as he gets that first start right in there and he’ll come back with double two remaining but he is definitely finding the range on that treble 20 early and often and Jason Wilbur when you get that bracket posted a couple days ago and you see your first match is against the neon nightmare with a good assumption probably that it’s going to be a streamed match as we will probably be featuring The the defending Continental cup t tour Champion it’s going to be the mad house for Stow and he gets it done 17 darts will do was a hold of throw so uh Jason shouldn’t be too too concerned he’s going to get a chance to uh start his uh darts with throw here and we are often running around the venue here with all of all of the boards up and running here for their first match 60 we are waiting for that streaming Board number two match to get started so if you’re looking over there that’s GNA feature Jim long taking on Paul 4 hour and already Danny Young up 2-1 on Jeff Smith yep something that that we mentioned pretty early on and how about Travis Ron from uh Canada up two to one on Jake McMillan early and often or early on here still just consistently just doing his thing yeah now we’re 45 we’re a leg and and a couple of set sets of darts in uh and Jason still not able to find anything with any regularity so 140 in the qualifier last night Jason averaged a 71.3 five he will need to significantly improve that here in order for uh for him to have an opportunity to defeat Stow because sto seems to be firing on most cylinders right the second 55 yeah and that I know that smile when it’s uh when it’s raining it’s pouring that’s you can’t even get the close darts to uh to fall in there setup shot here from Stow that’s why I’m always smiling when I’m playing darts it has nothing to do with enjoying the game it’s a ironic smile that I give give out on the 305 I like the debate that’s been going on in the dark Community about starting on the 18s versus not uh do you have a preference there oh you got to start on the 18s I’m I’m 100% you gotta you got to throw for the uh the right shot and plan to miss that’s the that’s the name of the game at the even at the highest level the way the way I look at it um the the ones that I I’ve started to come around on just because the numbers bare amount is 91 to 95 whether or not you start on the bull um I just think the if you’re somebody that is hitting a treble 50% of the time absolutely you can you can move off of that uh that Bulls ey um but with that same logic 305 you got to start on the 18 wh it’s going to be 34 he’s he’s wiring the wrong side there 28 to do he went double double and still not checked it out the cheeky Neon Nightmare Man again always impresses with the Wardrobe and always has a new updated neon brightness to him every every season yeah I’m waiting for his shirts to literally come within an on andof switch don’t don’t give anyone any ideas because garfinkle will make it happen if he can well he’ll return with 28 again but not going to be excited about how long it’s taken him to take this out luckily no pressure here early on but Jason’s going to start applying it now 96 yeah after the the dream start I hope Stow again has enough experience um it’s not going to get too wore down by this you see Shake of the head the body language is not good though after the dream start starting to become a nightmare for the neon Nightmare on the doubles it might only be one dart at the Bull’s Eye this could hurt though still thinks it’s going in he goes well maybe not his thought process from behind and he does take it out there breaks a throw of Jason mber Takes a two- lead does a little Dosey Do and then immediately finds the trouble 20 again I like the pace at the way those darts are entering the dart board yeah St Still’s got a good uh snap to it dart’s definitely uh ENT of the board with athor and you can definitely see the talent there for Jason Wilbur just you know first time playing on stream here and I don’t care who you are I don’t care how often you’ve done it it’s a little extra in that nerve wise yeah certainly um and to be again right off the rip uh onto the uh the streaming board against the returning champion of the tour the previous year it’s uh it’s a lot and there’s Stow doing the 19s thing o tried to hit the 171 hits 135 instead way out in front in this leg oh that’s brutal that’s probably the best three darts that Jason Wilbur has thrown in this match and one of them didn’t count yep which of course right yeah well exactly I mean I I was surprised we didn’t see the big Ry smile again 98 there from Stow to or I’m sorry 94 there to to uh set up 82 on our streaming Board number two Jim long is up one nothing on Paul 4 hour so that one is off and running not GNA have any commentary on board board number two so if you really hate us that’s a perfect stream streaming board to watch all day you’ll get darts and none of this annoying speak none of this nonsense so we’ll return with double 10 yeah just looking around uh again um Danny Young and Jeff Smith tied up at three a piece uh and Jake McMillan has taken the lead against uh Travis Ron 32 48 saade up four Z on John steinhoffer and continuing right where he left off a 91.9 average right now for Seda no score there there for Stow he will be back he’s got to wonder what the heck’s going on he did throw an extra Dart there too bonus starts he really busted 55 if he could he take two uh continue to follow the uh the facial expressions of Jason second and Stow does get it in there on Dart two three nothing lead here for buns yeah nothing too impressive aside from that uh that first leg the scoring has been there pretty much the entire time uh as we see a flyer double uh from from Jason Wilbur it’s the best Miss on 20s though is that double 20 but the uh the finishing is where he’s going to be a little uh little upset okay maybe a little more than a little but at the same time if he gets away with it in this one he’ll just feel like okay let’s move on to the next one he’s got to be pretty confident in the fact that he’s going to be able to finish when he needs to he I think a little bit of it is he’s not being pushed to finish uh potentially when you’re up in a match like this and uh as we get us his second 180 of our of our match does it sometimes go the opposite way when you’re not kind of pushed in the first match or is it just a new match when the second match starts oh no I mean each at least for me each each new match is is a is a completely different thing I mean you can you can tell a little bit uh on form um but uh but yeah you try not to bring any of the negatives and only the positives into uh into any of the the future matches that’s why when you get away with something like this um if Stow ultimately does um happy for the win and then just go play uh uh 101 doubling out on uh on everything around the board to uh uh to get sharp for the next one there you go6 remains for Stow he’s not going to take that out he will return with whatever he leaves which will be 56 Jason back on 234 scoring a little bit better in this leg but he’ still like to be just a little bit more consistently in that trouble and yes Jason is all of us in his facial expressions I’m starting to notice that as well so 56 48 tops third Dart took all three but he’ll take it 15 Darter there from Stow that was an annoying finish from stow it was but it was his best leg St uh finished that because he was annoyed 97 he went on to also be a semi-finalist in the crossb darts challenge back in April it you don’t want to put this on him but if you would have beat David Cameron the United States would have won the the Nations cup but that’s okay still 57 America still loves you you want to put this on him as you put it on him well Spellman did his job I’m just saying at least it was close this year wasn’t done after the first round yeah first day it was it was pretty much over it was over without being over let’s call it that way Jason Wilbur back on 444 and the switching helps a 133 there would be his best scoring round there yeah looking to just uh not uh not get blanked here hoping to put one on the board but it is against the darts here tough to do with Stow scoring as well as he is right now yeah 1 181 after nine darts Jason does pull that group together a little bit better there at the bottom of the board so six darts now for Stow and he’s going to set it up nicely oh 91 when he comes back it’s a little too dark combination and we’ll see if he’s is going to have some pressure on him for that that first start below the wire with the way his darts land with a little bit of a pitch to him it’s a little bit of a blocker Dart but still 91 for the five to0 Victory and he’s going to go tops and he hits it how about the trip 16 tops finished there on 88 and Jason says thanks for for that um I appreciate it and still an 84.2 average at the end of the day 0 Victory the scoring was there the finishing must improve but it did those last two legs yeah yeah yeah um certainly uh all positives there by the uh by the end you saw the the Grimace that uh as he took a look at that uh that average uh dark connect but uh I expect uh Stow to write the wrongs there and continue on for the day well as we are looking around here I don’t believe we are heading to a commercial break unless we are told otherwise so looking around the venue here we got Dave Richardson up four to one on John liot Ben Gardner down 4 to2 to Seth Stefano J Justin faucet Gino Florian three to three score line so that will be a match the winner of that one will be a streamed match later on for us in match number four Jason watt Shane Meek’s 33 score line Adam seveda now dropped two straight to John steinhoffer 4 to2 only averaging 84.4 so it’s gone down a little bit Anthony Romero from California Nick Lindberg from Ohio three to3 score line there and jakc McMillan does take a four to3 lead over Travis so that one is definitely a close one to be watching but our first top 32 competitor is going to be Mr Stow bunts with that 5 Victory as just the five seed in this event because it is on the two-year order of Merit and not just the defending as we take a look at our second streaming board here Paul 4 hour and Jim long the Gentleman Jim long who uh was with us at popcon a few weeks ago another interesting thing that we added here in Indie and man what a blast that was to introduce darts to a whole new group of people if you’re following along with us and you met us at popcon let us know send us some information if you’re on YouTube leave us a comment in our chat you’re on Facebook for this match even a comment in our in our chat for that one as our next streaming match will be the Stinger Jeff Springer taking on Jack Robinson PA looking to clean this up take a three to2 lead and he does so upset potential here yes uh two legs away and uh a pretty decent decent average here very little follow through from Paul but consistently finding uh the trouble and uh popping the out there it’s almost uh a very technically unsound follow through for most art players there for Paul but if it works for you Works DDC tour card holder see all those that have those kind of flick follow-throughs you can also just get super consistent at that it’s much harder to do it’s actually impressive that Paul is able to consistently do that yeah I I I say this every time I see somebody uh kind of succeeding with that like I just wonder what the ceiling could be if uh if he could straighten that out a little bit I I just can’t imagine that his consistency wouldn’t go up um dramatically if uh if he’s able to be consistent with that kind of throw that uh that he wouldn’t be able to find uh a much even higher ceiling a little bit like John Henderson right only if we tried if he tried to get his rock out of it he’d be way worse as a dart player now he’s gotten so used to to doing so but if he didn’t have that rock from the get-go just think about how potentially much better consistently he would even be and he’s he’s not a bad consistently player or consistency player J upset to not leave a finish there all needs a couple trebles to leave one of his own not going to do that and this is Paul’s throw here Jim attacking it yeah lots of implications on this uh this uh this leg oh what a last Dart yeah big big Dart all Paul can do is pressure from here this will put Jim right back on throw or he will have the darts in last legue decider if he needs them double 10 and he hits it goes double double a certain different way than we’re used to but at the end of the day gets it done 18 Dart break a throw take awig of water and head back up to start the seventh Lake here sometimes it’s it’s a little bit good to be one of those players that might be heading into this a little bit more of a favorite odd wise than than your opponent and maybe has a little scrappiness to the match early Hest we look at the Stinger Jeff Springer getting going one of our great uh players from last night overall with the averages and and everything that he had six match winning darts against Dave Cameron last night in the quarterfinal and I’m going to give him so much credit because immediately he walked through the the room afterwards he was not in a bad mood he wasn’t up set he’s like man that’s darts I feel really comfortable for the weekend knowing that I shot as well as I did tonight and you know sometimes those those doubles just don’t fall when I need them to but then he watches that gentleman go on to win the qualifier and then it’s man what could have been 99 and taking on Jack Robinson here our first look at Jack from Ontario 44 not to uh be confused with the man that integrated baseball that’s with an iie on the end of that and in case you are not watching on our stream it would be a more obvious um reasoning for there because Jackie wasn’t Canadian also true also true again streaming Board number two if you don’t want the commentary yeah well as we said that we they had to deal with this for a little while that’s true uh sorry about that guys so early on in this match both players still trying to get their feet there Jeff with the darts here in the first uh first leg 99 and couple of matches locked up here Jason Watt and Shane Meeks for a piece Nick Lindberg and Anthony Romero getting to four a piece as well 77 our defending Continental or crossb do challenge Champion Mr Alex Bellman is also off and running against Nick Jordon another match that uh could have point out but HBA Spellman with a 11 Darter in the first leg and a one one- nothing lead been Mr consistency I think overall the past couple years Spellman’s floor is much lower or floor is much higher than than I think I’m going to say 98% of the field well I was just goingon to say I think that’s why we see him Excel as much as we do because darts at its at its highest form is there’s a there’s a lot of parity it’s what can you do when you’re when you’re not throwing at your uh at your highest um so it kind of comes down to who has the best uh b game and when Alex was at modus um the last time I was over there he won group a and I think he lost one match total and in the second day it’s he’s like ah I didn’t feel my darts today I didn’t have it and he’s like you won five nothing against all of your opponents how did that happen well I you know I grounded out got it done if that top level Dart player can do that can find enough well and that’s where the the kind of luck uh aspect comes in because you need to you need to be able to do that and kind of catch the your opponent because again everybody in that room can play darts um everybody’s best number is that 20 yep uh so uh you gota kind of got to get a little lucky um going back to Dave Cameron uh had somebody Miss six darts um I think if you gave him those six darts again he’d probably hit it what 80% of the time 90% of the time I would guess so as that’s a 180 from Jack Robinson yeah after spraying him the the turn before he went from 21 to a 180 100 Shake Shane Meeks eeks out the 54 win over Jason Watt still waiting confirmation on that other 44 Nick Linberg Anthony Romero Springer 143 left will not take it out so Jackson get a chance at this 56 42 throwing much better in this leg in the first the 180 helps but tops and Jack gets it done one for one on the doubles little pep in the step there is going to get that uh that Dart maybe that that 21 seems to kind of uh spurt him on here yeah last night definitely did not bring 42 his best stuff stuff did Jack Robinson he only averaged a 63 .17 overall whereas Jeff on the reverse side of things was the fifth highest average with an 86.7 two so 23 Point difference on the averages from last night but it’s a new day and anything can happen on the dart board today new day new tournament first round 100 and if you’re Jeff and you look back at those averages if if you’re trying to check out who your opponent is if you don’t know him very well and you see oh 63 and he comes out firing 180 there in leg number two you’re like where’s this 63 guy that I saw exactly why you don’t do that because then you start thinking of course this guy’s going to throw out of his shoes against me and like all the bad stuff swirls in your brain I don’t want to say he starts to Mike Maloney things but he start to Mike Maloney things a little bit where nothing goes right you start posting on Facebook that everybody throws like Phil Taylor speaking of which Elliot milk does play a um a very tough opponent in the first round where he’s going to automatically expect uh good darts I hope he still complains afterwards though C shot in three yeah great shot there from Jeff Springer cleans up to 70 does in 15 darts if you can do that on throw or he broke the no he held the throw there if you can do that on throw he’ll be fine 100 worst case scenario he gets out of this five to four and we move on and look at this that’s a 180 from the Stinger piles him in there the grouping continues to get better and better from Jeff 83 and that uh spurring on I thought we saw from Jack Robinson maybe not not as uh hot as as he was there for a couple of legs but it it has to be said Jeff Springer just kind of taken this one by the uh uh by the collar by the Raging bow sort of speak uh and and this one7 through five out of six perfect d we’re not going to worry about that that one little guy that little guy how about that 140 Le 60 after n on a very doable 11 Darter in this one yeah against the darts and I mean Jack he’s going to be at a finish thank you uh after uh after 12 himself tops dragged it in there so double 10 shot three not a bad move at all 12 Darter for Jeff Springer starting to uh show us a little bit of the the Stinger that we saw last night 55 Alex Spellman up 3-0 now on Nick georgeson Leonard Gates beating Paul Jones special shot out to Paul Paul’s a pro league player from uh from Columbus my uh home League when I don’t have six-month-old children yeah congratulations again uh how how’s the Sleep uh the sleep is good I cannot uh I can’t complain on on that side of things my my wonderful uh fiance uh takes the uh the heavy burden on that uh that side of things my wonderful wife does the same for me only now with a six and two-year-old that just means that we go downstairs and you put on cartoons for the kids and you go back to sleep on the couch yeah you just sleep and hope they don’t get into anything or hope that they ask you for something and they have it luckily our two-year-old likes to tattle on herself so we’re good oh that’s that’s a handy trade at the page only thing that she does not do that she’ll call out anyone who burps or or tootes if she hears it except for herself but she be like excuse me burp and like okay yeah I did it sorry Jack 140 get a 140 man every once in a while those starts fall very nicely for Jack and if you can get that consistency up he’s going to be pretty tough 79 maybe looking at the 13s maybe looking at the oh over to the 17s I don’t know if you’re going to guess that one that was 53 yeah that I don’t even know if that was in the top five well he leaves 32 after 15 with the throw Jack back on 203 so Jeff will get three darts at 32 at least 45 been finishing well it’s a good marker yeah kisses it right off and in and he is now up four to one yeah after an exchange of the first two legs Jeff uh pulling away here well Leonard Gates Alex Bellman have to be two of the favorites heading into this event weekend uh Spellman up 4 nothing currently on Nick Jordon averaging 101.9 90 Leonard Gates Up 3 nothing on Paul Jones averaging 10.48 so those two gentlemen are of and running yeah that’s something to try to live with that’s almost like a thank you for the beating and I’ll see you later yeah in a first round my goodness 45 David Cameron taking on John part Cameron up two Z currently yeah Jeff definitely just the grouping that he is showing right now is about as small as you can get less than a dim sized 135 I know that math he leaves 200 it’s always nice when the players do that for me just like this 140 nice 140 to leave 136 so again the first look at a finish for Springer oh no nightmarish there yeah not what he wanted doesn’t even have a bailot opportunity on the 25 or anything so gonna kick himself to give Jeff Springer six starts from 13 six to win the match he might not need him though he might not need him though double eight oh 128 don’t need him yeah that would have topped off a a really really good um showing here for Jeff Springer I mean it’s not that it’s not going to be when the when the eight goes away but uh I’m certainly setting a marker now double two he finds it though for a five to one Victory and a 15 Darter at the end of the day for Jeff Springer I’m telling you sto should be on notice a little bit as that will be the next round matchup Springer is here to play this weekend and still will know that he’s going to have to bring more of his aame uh for that one yeah I’ll certainly have to raise uh raise the average for that one well coming up next we’re gonna have Jason Brandon taking on kefir Durham here on our streaming Board number one so don’t go anywhere we’ll be right back with more from the cosmo darts classic right after this [Music] [Music] Luke Humphries mvg Michael Smith the best against the best the best guys the best there is no sign of this Teenage Dream coming to an [Music] end it’s eight of the best and there is no hiding place let me tell you about a toz darts we’re a specialty dart store with over 10,000 different products we create in-depth videos and blogs to help improve your game and showcase our 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Championship Dart circuit tournaments this event marks the beginning of the journey towards the CDC continent middle Cup and the prestigious Patty power world darts Championship get ready for an exciting competition filled with skill precision and intense rivalries let the darts fly and may the best player emerge Victorious welcome back L and gentlemen to beautiful Brownsburg Indiana for this third match of the 2024 Cosmo darts Classic this match features the cow and Tennessee native Mr Jason Brandon taking on the Canadian Mr kefir Durham in this one I’m Shan green joined once again by good stuff Gordon Dixon Gordon we got ourselves a good one on our hands here with Jason Brandon who’s G to be the favorite head into this is that would you say that that is an accurate statement oh absolutely um I mean kefir obviously no uh no slouch on the board but uh I think he still has a little bit to uh to prove in the uh in the CDC as we see Jack uh returning to uh complete his chalking duties which is also got to be the worst part part about losing on the streaming board right is that you’re then featured on the streaming board right away again oh it is I would just say in general especially if uh if you’re the third matchup and you chalk the first match and you lose first round yeah then kefir would have to also chalk match number four that’s uh that’s a that’s a tough one you’re you are not wrong that’s something that is very smart to point out and it will be in our fourth match Ross snook Tak get on Justin faucett as Justin took out gof Florian five to three little Canadian on Canadian match up there y Mr nine Mr Ross Nook met for the first time actually in person yesterday and he doesn’t even say hi to me he just he just walks up and he goes you are one of my favorite commentators that I listen to and I’m like man you are one of my favorite human beings just for saying that so thank you Jason Brandon getting a 180 there he hit a one and then followed it with an 80 which actually one of my students at school uh told Danny baggish on Thursday when he was there 13 like I just hit a 180 I hit a one and then an 80 that’s a hilarious no I I do want to give a quick huge shout out to Danny for for coming to my darkart club on on Thursday and and spend some time with those 12 kids they I I know that meant the world to them and it’s about time they saw some actual good darts in person because before that they thought it was me never a good sign never a good sign all right Jason brand and kefir Durham looks like this one’s going to be pretty close out the gate Kefir is going to get the first look at a checkout here for a break a throw yeah this will settle him in trible 18 not going to do it leave 63 43 yeah a little bit of movement in uh kefir throw but for the most part very smooth Jason’s so dangerous with these one Dart finishes 38 he not g to convert here and you can see he expected it to go with with his facial expression kefir only going to get one at the outer ring oh nervy Dart there at the 18 yeah I think he did not make his decision before shot Dart two and then he kind of regrouped real quick braging up Jason Brandon’s finishing and finally Dart three finding the double 10 a hold to throw for Jason that’s the second time now kefir done the little 36 a little bulk yeah mid throw 140 for those of you curious what the heck that means if you’re watching from around the world a ball in baseball for a pitcher is when he um starts to throw and doesn’t actually finish doing his motion uh it’s a penalty in baseball so not here here it’s probably a smart mo one of the uh many boring terms for a boring sport now listen there are moments of Brilliance in that sport that is an American Pastime you’re talking about there Oh you mean like a no hitter where you get to watch two people play catch for nine innings that that that’s and that’s always an amazing thing when happens 93 everybody always asks me how did baseball hurt me how did it hurt you now I’m curious kefir look wor about that last little guy yeah a little excited on that third Dart looked like it had a little bit more Pace than the uh than the first two but he is first to a finish in his leg still looks favorite could take it out here double 19 oh I think 155 is one of the toughest finishes it was a crazy scenario as 148 left for Brandon not going to get the second Dart to fall in there oh that would have hurt but ke for kefir Durham back on 38 splits it again another getchy setup Dart from kefir you see roll of the eyes and Jason Brandon with a finish is not where you want to be and he does take it out on that last start again and that one’s going to hurt kefir had four technically four darts there at the Double Split one of them but 0 for three there in that in that leg on on the double finishing and it’s a break a throw early for JB 45 well the good news is kefir doesn’t have to be down on himself too much he’s doing the right things he’s putting himself in good positions just needs to convert and that’s a very tough mindset don’t get me wrong uh when you’re down two nil after probably uh putting yourself in a position where you should be two- n up but uh uh but it’s certainly the mindset that uh that you need to be able to get into 45 uh briefly when I walked out there after our second match I saw Anthony Romero in the hallway and I said hey great job winning two matches real real quick as uh it is confirmed that Johnny K is not here um and he goes yeah if I would have known that I would have been under a lot more pressure in that first match ignorance is bliss and Michael Steinberg also getting through uh his first match on a forfeit as carrett French was the other player who um withdrew uh a lot more success than Michael had rooting on the Knicks last night at the Pacer game uh him and Joey lenol actually went and uh beautiful beautiful finish for them I I asked uh I asked him this morning hey man how was the game last night did you enjoy that and he just gave me a little bit of a dirty look ah tough you knew it was going to game seven right setup shot here for Jason br andon 171 I’ll leave 10 or 20 I’m sorry double 10 hits 114 instead with I believe 57 on the floor keeper all he can do though is put some pressure on trouble 17 trying to leave that 40 doesn’t do it but does uh put a little pressure on this 77 Jason not as clean on the finishes uh but getting the job done he going to get one at time stps again just below will he return or will kefir uh get back the hurt that Jason did to him little bit more convincing setup Dart shot and a perfect dead center Double top from kefir Durham and he’ll do a little Dosey Do of his own two to one score line now back on throw and a immediately erases the bad feelings of the previous leg and as we look around the top 64 finishing up uh we talked up John part a little bit before we started and then he lost five nothing to Dave Cameron that was a tough it’s a tough draw obviously Leonard Gates 5- Z win over your cohort Mr Paul Jones that’s just tough break uh still 5- Z over Jason Wilbur we saw that one earlier 5-1 Jeff Springer over Jack Robinson Alex Bellman highest average so far 5 point or a 5-0 victory over Nick Jordon with 10.55 average there Jacob Taylor 5-2 over Joe broft and then the gentleman did defeat Paul 4 Hour uh as well Kaden Newberry tying it up with Danny baggish and won a piece I don’t know a lot about Kaden do you I do not do not new uh new name to me new tour card holder um but uh 75 I mean in that uh 19 to 21 range not uh 7 not the worst that’ll that’ll pick off legs yes it will Hy Hicks four to one up on Michael win Larry Butler down three to one to Colin wrath the bearded Sensation from Philly even up on the uh on the averages there so could be some some timing or big finishes there from uh from Colin as we see Jason use the bull to uh set up there I appreciate the The Poetry of sane Bordeaux taking on Stefan Roso um sane up two to zero so far Johan Mitchell from New York uh one to nothing on Levi cranel early on 67 and waro milk milk takes the one- nothing lead on Steve early on in this one and now Collins up four to one on Larry Butler yeah Levi cranel just won um and kefir ties it up to a piece yeah great 68 finish there for him uh Levi I be I believe won uh won an event up at the extravaganza the Cleveland Extravaganza 45 so interesting to see just a I mean it’s one leg averaging 50 but uh expect uh expect a little bit more from him as that match progresses one keer starting to find it here yeah a little pep in the step but uh we said that about Jack Robinson in the in the last in the last match see if uh kefir can keep it going Jason Brandon was on the Madison Square Garden stage last year would like to make his way back so you know he’s going to be thinking about it a little bit tonight obviously not thinking about it right now well all those guys that got a taste of it I mean it’s it’s uh it’s probably palpable when Doug bames trying to qualify I know he’s uh itching to to get back to to something like that I really think that that might be his his goal in darts right now overall I more so than than winning a whole bunch of stuff he wants to be back on that stage of M Square Garden he um talking to Doug he talks about that opportunity that experience more than than he does most of the ones that he’s had 180 and that’s a 180 from Jason Brandon JB getting his first he does so at the opportune time as keeper was attacking his throw there 76 left for Jason should get one Dart for a 15 Darter here Taps he’s been dragging this low 56 and low it goes low again it’s like leaving a putt short never up never in ke for the 146 he uh he blew that opportunity pretty early on in that with the fat five that he threw and you could tell he goes oh that was a good opportunity good good attack on that one big breath there from Jason as he finds the double 10 first Dart holds his throw to take a three to2 lead wanted a 13 Darter but he’ll settle for a 16 they all count the same it’s a one leg Colin wrath goes one away from upsetting Larry Legend nine time CDC event winner and former Continental Cup champion 50 soan berau up three in his match averaging 91.0 n 100 and getting to know sane a little bit more throughout the the tour last year and then especially at the cross border notorious now for having a nine hit against him on the stage there um I don’t think it could have happened to a nicer you human being he he took it on the chin oh my gosh he was excited he was more excited for Alex I think than Alex was um and again amazing amazing OPP opportunity and experience for for all of us that were that were there involved um because we I think we all kind of really we all threw that narter it wasn’t just Alex um you’re welcome I know I know Paul Nichols had retweeted my uh he did quot one time oh which was way better than anything I said during that nine that I blacked out on as J JB sets up with another 180 nice shot against the throw sets up the nice little two Dart finish 100 right now it is Jason time because he is timing those big shots perfectly yeah kefir stays within touching distance though maybe this will force him to higher it did not no no it did not might have been a little bit unlucky that the flight grabbed it 83 left so trouble 17 would have left to look 38 dead kind of Punt it a little bit Yeah you could tell uh disappointed there wanted to get a whack at it Jason Brandon as we’ve seen so many times coming back to the board with a single Dart finish needs to get closer than that none of those were very close at all no and the he just hasn’t looked sharp on those finishes he’s been grinding them out kefir almost hit the trouble 20 with 60 left but he finds it on Dart three and ends up holding his throw three three score line sketchy hold to throw but hold to throw is still uh is still part of the sentence so still in a match here The Comebacks a little bit on here for Larry Butler against Colin wrath it’s four to3 now so Butler’s ratted off the last two in a row 81 and Kaden Newberry staying with Danny baggish yep two a piece Danny also a new father um has a little one at home and he he’s told me multiple times coming into this weekend that he really does have zero expectations uh he hopes he performs well he knows the opportunities are definitely there for the US DS Masters qualifiers that I I know he’s putting a little bit more emphasis on um then possibly uh the the cosmo DS classic in the Indianapolis 501 tomorrow morning but he still would like to make a good run here this morning just to give him a little momentum going into tonight do you think would you say that the players that kind of run through a little bit today have a little bit more of that uh well I I would certainly say positivity coming into tonight yeah just because again I I’m a I’m a I’m a big fan of uh players confidence uh I think sometimes if you’re down on your luck you need to get a little lucky maybe somebody doesn’t throw as well and you still get a win um even wins like that you can still take away a lot of positives that uh that you got it done when you when you needed to um I think it’s odd to focus on a second event than 131 the the first event um I don’t know how you necessarily do that um but uh I I think it I would find it very tough to to to kind of figure out if you didn’t throw well in this one to uh to take like okay well I’m going to do I’m going to do really good in the next one sure I gotta you’re not wrong there as Jason Brandon does pin that for 16 Darter to take a four to3 lead now one leg away for JB and Larry ties it up at four a piece and that average continues to grow 100 and he does Butler does have the throw in the last leg deider to on wrath Kylie Edmonds finally reels one back against JT Davis and Elliot milk um not a surprising winner but a surprising score line thus far at 3- nil over Steve warno and surprising averages for both milk and warno but you’ve said it many times that first match is always a little bit shaky and honestly that’s the only thing that I can chalk it up to those two guys because Steve waro gets really geeked up when he when he knows he’s got a a big hill in front of him um in iot’s just a a consistent player yeah I think I’ve consistently called waro the Giant Killer 100 he’s he tends to play his best in those opportunities where where he’s going up against that top competition so he might have been one of the few players that saw Elliot milk in the draw and was like yes I get to you know get fired up early on I don’t think he’s thinking that right the second but he probably was when he saw the draw that was always one of my my my favorite things uh I was never a bracket Watcher um but uh but DJ always was and uh so he would know who we were who we were playing instead of we got a tough draw he would always say they got a tough draw and just that little mindset uh change uh was always uh really good for me I like that a lot well Jason Brandon has just 100 left for the match and he’s going to get two darts at tops takes a little step back deep breath I love this and it’s going to be double 10 again and he does get it again I don’t know if he hit a different double the entire time minus the one at Double 18 but a 5 to3 victory over kefir Durham kefir fought hard the entire match stayed kind of right there that could have gone either way yeah Jason going to do some push-ups see if he can throw it as high as the double 20 at some point the uh the rest of the day but job done uh Jason Brandon finishing out 53 there so that one is completed and right now I’m looking to see if we have we do have something going on there on streaming Board number two bill Anderson the Lefty we’re looking at here taking on Keith way Keith got all of his hair is cut yeah looks like we’re maybe in the warm-up phase between these uh these two gentlemen oh they’re both kind of aiming directly where they should ah you’re right I don’t know maybe that last start was was aimed right there but yeah definitely hasn’t started yeah this is definitely the warmup rattling off here definitely warming up and as we look around the venue here Larry Butler did come all the way back from 4 to one down against Colin wrath and defeat him five to four oh that’s a tough one that is a a brutal pill to swallow for Colin in his first CDC match to uh have that opportunity to defeat uh a living legend that is Larry Butler yeah Colin consistent like right at about 80 the entire time Larry uh raising his game uh to to finally end up uh taking that one our next match up on our streaming Board number one will be Ross knook taking on Justin faucet after that will be Stow bunts doing battle with Jeff Springer and Kylie Edmonds raising his game to uh to bring back two against JT Davis 3-2 match up there juvi kenel uh still a subpar um level to that match but uh starting to uh to even out there is um Sean only up 3-2 and Stephan rouso brings it back to even against sane Bordeaux three to three that was a nothing lead for sane so we are looking at the action here on Board number two as they are warming up just getting ready to go I’m sure the same thing is probably happening with the best shoes and darts Mr Ross snook and Justin faucet what you mentioned earlier as a Canadian on Canadian affair and uh they are shooting the bull right now and it will be Keith with the start give a little all the best and here we go and if you have a last name Anderson and you don’t have the dark KN name Mr Anderson I would think that that would be an issue he uh he finds it with the Third Bill longtime top player from the Northeast had heavy steel tip crowd on the East Coast it’s where actually quite a few of our tour card holders tend to be from Jared Ley completes the uh victory over Randall Lewis with an 80.34 average and Kate Newberry reels back another one after going down 4-2 to Danny baggish the averages for both men continue to rise ayen staying with him again not very familiar but uh by the Numbers able to uh to take his chances absolutely no name Doug Bame uh in out there in competition now up one Z over Matthew Thompson averaging 107 there in that first leg so he threw a 14 Darter there to get started half for me it’s more like memorization well that’s you know you’re exactly right I I am a language arts teacher so math is definitely not a strong suit but memorizing things definitely is tops for Keith way he will return with double 10 beginning to think this board might be just a little a little too high it’s just hung a little too high well this is the other one so that would be consistency of of the height of the board maybe okay facts JT Davis up four to2 on Kylie Edmonds heathway polishing off that first leg 17 darts D Anderson to start his campaign with throw and a 123 he got him on up for Bill Steve waro ties it up at three a piece and the average is starting to go up too so their level of play goes up and Steve able to consistently stay with it as baggish does get the victory over Kaden Newberry 5 to3 bit of a tough first match for baggish gets the job done and sometimes definitely all the time in the top 64 top 128 that’s all you’re trying to do oh absolutely yeah W is a w TR to take as many positives away as you as you can like hey at least I won exactly Joey Lena having more success than the Nicks did last night up four to2 on Daniel Inman right now averaging 81 which is about what the Knicks scored last night overall in the the game two Russo taking the lead over Bordeaux that’s four legs on the Trot Now setup shot there from Bill Anderson looks to be uh at least six darts he’s safe here in leg number two and a reminder if you are in certain locations uh you have the ability to uh pop possibly be wagering on CDC events this weekend uh if you go to NXT bets.com playay CDC uh you’ll be able to find any and all information if 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have a teacher filter that will filter out any bad language um depending on the situation I’m in I can tell you right now if I’m at a dart line that is not the situation where that teacher filter will ever be used I used to have a really good uh follow through middle finger yeah um you don’t have to talk yeah no I I uh my darts the dart board the opponent the Chalker everybody knew where they stood and this is our last round one match our top 64 match that we’re going to have on this main board after that we’ll be moving in the top 32 again the next match on stream will be Stow buns taking on Jeff Springer before that though we get Ross snook versus Justin faucett Justin won its first round match up against Gino floran so this is is actually his second match of the day does that give him an an advantage over Ross snook already been play already played a match I I would say so um i’ I’d still put Ross favorite um but with the way Justin’s been playing and a little bit more comfortability um I think this puts Justin in a really good spot to uh um perhaps uh snag a win here from uh from Ross before I say this I’m just make sure I’m correct yep uh tomorrow morning our first match on our feature board features both of our nine Dart finishers in person it will be Ross snook taking on Alex Bellman as they are off and running and look at Justin 125 Justin can score with the best of them what Justin struggles with from time to time is is his finishing and he’ll be the first to tell you that is the PGA Championship this weekend it’d be the equivalent of being able to drive at 380 and then uh three putting for par when you get on that green and there is no worse feeling trust me than a three putt par well the the other tough part about darts is you don’t even get the satisfaction of finally putting the ball into the hole you it’s right then you’re just throw back at 20s again yep uh that’s that’s something that always uh always stuck with me uh as well you don’t you may go an entire match and never get the the actual satisfaction of of finishing uh finishing a leg off well I I don’t know how to say this besides this way it looks like Phil Taylor did show up against Elliot milk as Steve waro rattled off five straight legs to defeat him five to three after milk had a three nothing lead to start off with the average is not Phil Tores but yeah that’s that’s uh it’s going to be tough to sit with Elliot and that’s that’s one that you have to make a concerted effort to get ready for that for that next qualifier after uh after something like that again not knowing what all went into it I mean um I know the the averages came up but it doesn’t look like Steve just kind of blew him off the board yeah in those uh five legs so um yeah not I mean if anybody can do it certainly Elliot oh no missed the big number luckily Ross back on 167 yeah has his hands full6 Justin choosing to leave the 24 he’s safe after the first start here so three clear and it is a breaker throw opportunity here for Justin and a little bit of a gifted break a throw and he gets it gives a come on not not that good but he gave it and it’s a one nothing score line talked it right in there do you think they showed up today and they’re like it’s a Spider-Man meme where they’re just pointing at each other you don’t actually see that that color uh very often as like the main color on a jersey so to see it from both players is is a little bit interesting that’s it’s a little bit more silver than than white they look sharp they do especially look at those shoes that Ross is wearing this weekend 123 I’m not old enough to wear shoes like that oh I’m not young enough so that that first one is going to hurt uh Ross against the throw um again just because I I don’t know just how much he’s uh he’s playing and uh and putting up the the numbers that he has and we expect in the past well he did just turn around get a 180 right off the the bat there uh in leg number two so it looks like he’s responding the right way 164 after nine Justin needs at least one probably two big troubles there’s one of them oh oh that is that is a tough break there to leave 155 yeah and Ross snook goes favorite to even it up six starts perhaps from 164 89 oh look at that first start in triple 19 would have left the double 19 uh 133 just going to say were we going to get to see another shot at A5 finish we got the first start at it oh great first Double 12 to break right back oh the wire width away oh and this could hurt again I like the aggressiveness of it going be one dart at Double four oh he pulled it inside that was a gy gy dart so Ross now three clear to tie us up doesn’t want to come inside here it’s a perfect marker and it 18 that’s unlucky on the wires yeah I don’t know that he can throw those uh a whole lot different double four can get you to the mad house quickly no score he wanted he he turned into that mad house and then left immediately he’s like no thank you I’m going to go back now double three is just a brutal finish but he takes it out in two and Ross snook will do a little doy dough in those beautiful beautiful beautiful shoes I will just get a look at his closet one day all the shoes that he has lined up I don’t know this is there a Mrs snook 6 um I think there’s a uh um a girlfriend uh at this time um I know uh over the past couple of years uh he actually lost his wife um and that’s something that uh that Ross has had to uh deal with um which uh of course the the game comes a backseat very quickly oh 100% And not knowing that information obviously uh but man that he’s got to have one closet completely filled with just shoes so the closet space can to be a little bit limited step it to the side wants to stay on the 20 140 wisely big 140 there to follow the 180 from faucet so again attacking the throw here for Ross of Ross 56 unlucky third so Justin now clear range here doesn’t have to go for the one 121 and it might have been better if he didn’t cuz he only 25 there is not what he was wanting to do and if you’re Ross that is music to your ears 133 and that’s even more music to your you leave 32 to put a lot of pressure on this 96 might only get one dart at it another step right he won’t can’t find it oh and you see you see a little grit there from uh from Ross snook wants to take advantage hold throw here and he does bottom corner pocket takes a two to one lead that’s a hold to throw but the scoring power from faucet has definitely been there yeah again just like uh kefir putting himself in good positions just needs to uh convert 127 he needs to be careful with a player like Lo because if he getss his nails into this he can really start to take off with that scoring and 100 take away some of those opportunities looking around the the room Jules vong getting started against Brian Finland Adam seveda Albert Anie as Jules starts off with a uh 12 Darter 13 Darter 13 Darter 13 d memorization and Dave Richardson we mentioned him early on he’s up two Z on Jake wack and wm’s averaging 105 yeah both uh Centennial averages there no name Doug Bame a 4 to one lead on thompson8 Justin finds the first start exactly kind of where he wants to 81 and Jake McMillan EDG and outs early doors here 2-1 over Chris Swanson both below 60 in averages 140 that’s the that’s the kind of gritty first rounds that I oh yeah that I remember and Ross now attacking the throw again will have three darts clear at 20 to break the throw of fet and take a three to one lead and that is a beautiful marker again from him oh goes the wrong way third Dart but finds it on Dart three and it’s now three to one lead for Snook Justin just kind of laps it off with him yeah those third Dart uh finishes when you think you may be coming back to the board 81 that’s the best feeling 81 right there from Ross because Dart two could have easily been in the one as well 70 the facial expressions kind of speak for themselves a lot of the time juules back toback 13 darters to start off with 4 three it’s good to see him in Fuego here early our only PDC tour card holder in this event which makes a little bit of sense the other two don’t even have to play in the qualifiers same thing he he doesn’t either but I know that you would say that Jules struggling with this game a little bit recently and anytime he can come here to face the top competition to maybe just get back into to the groove there as we get a nice 180 from Justin faet his second of this match I I’m going to guess that’s the reasoning for him uh doing that 60 yeah I know the first round loss uh at the uh cross border had to had to be a kick in the pants for for jewels and he’s been struggling with a little bit of a grip issue he’s talked about it uh openly kind of with us and if we go to the soft tip side of things he was down six or he was up six to2 against Danny baggish in a race to nine uh with some good money on the line and an online tournament ended up losing 98 to Danny in the last leg decider 27 and Justin again unable to to Tee It Up with any success leads 119 which is really kind of a brutal leave 58 and I would easily say that’s been the the major problem of Justin’s game here in this match and why he’s down three to one this is ability kind of set up Ross will not take out the 138 here 58 so Justin should get two darts two darts at tops at least yeah Justin want a nice clean finish here doesn’t throw too high still has an open bed second and catches it and it’s a break a throw back to three to two and that little pivot as you come back from the board that feels so good and look at both those darts are in that corner 123 but count him on up one two three he had the old the whole trle bed to work with after those first two darts were in 81 Jules thrs terribly in that third leg and drops down his average to 100 just kidding he’s up three nothing 85 Richardson wac is definitely firing all cylinders a 94 and a half to a 98 richon up three to two 87 n of those players have been sneaky good uh for the last little bit of time uh Gary mosson currently up three to zero on Brandon Goddard 60 yeah almost uh touching that 90 range another player that just been consistently winning a few matches almost it seems every every event week that we have here this is weekend number one in Brownsburg Indiana Shan green Gordon Dixon still in the opening round of the cosmo darts classic bringing you all the action and then some because we got a second streaming board going on as well follow us on all the socials you can find the streams on pdc.tv Twitch YouTube Facebook and right now you can catch a glimpse at the finalist for the US darts Masters last year Mr Jeff Smith we’re going to talk about how many legs have won in that final because it doesn’t matter he made it there he beat third the now current world champion in the semi-finals to get there uh did Jeff Smith but you can find them on Board number two streaming Board number two right now playing against Chris Codwell he’s up one nothing 100 made the semi-finals last night in the qualifier and I don’t think there’s a person in North America that doesn’t want to see Jeff Smith back on that stage of mad Square Garden after last year 100 for days 121 that was almost too inviting yeah he opened the bed too much like go I just throw this anywhere it’s going in that trp 20 96 juules now at 4 4 Z the average dropping a lot he’s not being pushed very hard by Brian Finland 13 do doing the job getting the job done how about Albert ansy up two to one on Adam seveda currently and there’s the other way of the 305 that’s been kind of putting the the spotlight here the debate that we talked about earlier now that I don’t like I appreciate the fact that you don’t like it 92 and a good setup for Ross 54 left for the match and he’s going to get at least six from there if he needs them yeah Justin uh definitely had his chances 45 not over yet tops third dark third dark and they laughed about it because it’s like oh that first start missed but he’s already all the way back on 197 he’s like please hit this almost uh don’t don’t make me throw three more darts on the stream but Ross no takes it down five to2 I think it was a closer battle than that score line at the end of the day yeah it certainly felt that way uh uh lots of positives for Justin to takeaways uh very good scorer just didn’t take his chances when he uh when he needed to too well ladies and gentlemen we’re going to take our second commercial break but when we come back Stow buns will battle Jeff Springer so don’t go anywhere we’ll be right back with more from the cosmo darts classic right after this let me tell you about a toz darts we’re a specialty dart store with over 10,000 different products we create in-depth videos and blogs to help improve your game and showcase our products we give helpful advice on how to practice darts the fundamentals of form and mechanics and how to make better decisions when 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the cosmo darts classic event number one of the 2024 Championship Dart circuit tournaments this event marks the beginning of the journey towards the CDC Continental Cup and the prestigious Patty power world darts Championship get ready for an exciting competition filled with skill precision and intense rivalries let the darts fly and may the best player emerge Victorious and action all right we are back at the cosmo darts classic here in Brownsburg Indiana getting ready to start uh a little bit of action on our uh second board or no uh looks like we are coming to the uh the featured board here we’ve got uh Jeff Springer and Stow bunts uh heading up here we’ll get you there guys just one sec we’ll flip over and give you the other board real quick no problem yeah we’re waiting on the Chalker there for our main board so we’re heading on over to board number two where we’re going to get a good look here at Jeff Smith and Chris Caldwell there is the silencer he’s got a new setup there on those darts doesn’t he little bit more colorful than I remember yeah got got a little bit of the purpley on there of course for this Cosmo darts classic one of the more well-known Cosmo sponsored players there excited to see on the stream yeah Chris uh averaging about 80 just not enough Jeff Smith almost into that 100 Mark and over five six legs that is uh that distance is going to to spread out and spread out well 90 left for Smith and he loves that LE 36 his favorite double goes quickly and we got to watch about 30 seconds to that one but I want I want to make a perfect perfectly uh reasonable statement it is great to see Jeff Smith back on our CDC tour um it’s actually my first time getting to do commentary of him on the CDC when it’s not one of those bigger events um in my three years of working for for the company so um when I started he was just over in the PDC doing all that as you see uh the great AE Anthony Eugenia helping out with with the scoring second treat board handling some uh some Chalker needs there looking at the uh the other matches we got uh Jacob Taylor we haven’t uh mentioned his name uh taking on Shawn Mitchell uh Leonard Gates back in action against Jared Ley and uh the two matches already under way we’ve got Adam Ceda 42 avering 91 Albert an yes and then uh Shane Meeks um 3-2 down to uh to Doug D Michelle as I am just going to try and pull up overall stats for for this one one and just kidding that was not even close to the right thing that I needed to hit I get myig getting my electricalc there we go Spellman of course the highest average overall with a 105 point or 10155 how about Jake wack in that second spot 95.5 five Springer’s number third overall and we’re seeing him right here and he’s trying to take down the five seed are current and defending cup tour Champion Stow buns a lot of our viewers from across the pond know Stow well after his run yeah great grand slam of darts for Stow beat Bunting and Peter Wright in his group of death to to make it as nice little warm-up 180 there from Springer is there any uh Superstition to that do you are you fine hitting the 180s and warm-ups or do you feel like you’ve wasted it for a little bit no I actually one of the best uh um times I ever had at uh at a PDC event was uh in Atlanta and warming up um this is how long ago it was I I jumped on a board with like Roland Schon okay and uh um and I was I was throwing with him and I threw so many 180s that he made a comment and I was like all right today’s today’s the day and I ended up I think I got the top top 32 or top 16 uh um ended up uh the guy’s name’s uh escaping me right now but he was kind of a brat about it uh I got a I got a pretty good uh pretty good W out of it um I lost to uh Andy Hamilton um again speaking to how long ago long ago this was um but uh but yeah no I I I mean good darts are good darts I mean I think the popular or maybe uh um the the league players like oh I wasted them my my thing is if they’re going in early that’s that’s a good thing and for me if they go in that was my one for the day so I definitely wasted it that’s that’s the I wasted it uh mentality uh for me I I I honestly I draw a lot of confidence from um from practice so when I’m not that’s why I don’t have much uh expectations I promise you I had attempt to draw Confidence from it but when you follow the 180 with an 11 every time eventually you just realize that it it was the one it was the one you were going to get start to wear on you as uh it’s not often we’re typically waiting for uh our Chalker but faucet we’ll we’ll be here shortly he knows he knows he’s got to be back for it stepped outside for a for a minute or two just to kind of regroup maybe settle the nerves that he was experiencing during the match because I know a lot of a lot of players especially in the qualifier last night if our local a lot of our local guys will play in the the master not as many as I wanted to but a lot of our um local players were playing those us darts Masters qualifiers I’m telling you that the it is much easier to play the game of darts than to and remember that math as you’re at the line than to be standing really close to the board and having to punch in numbers oh yeah yeah I don’t know what it is about those Dart lights but it just kind of sucks sucks your brain out like if you could just tell me what you hit every time that’s gonna make it a lot easier on me please I have had it the other way where uh chalkers get offended if you walk up there 123 like I know it’s like of all the things to I can do the math of two trouble 20s in a trouble three or trouble one okay but there’s also times you really do need to be kind of in sync with the Chalker to know um that they’re doing the things the the right way as there’s Justin still got the sunglasses on his head so you know exactly that he was outside and look at those fancy things those look a little bit too big for his face I’m GNA be honest with you yeah I don’t know if he’s uh Shar outside playing center field or what he was doing there he’s going he’s going out on the SEO later on all right nine yards guys all right is there uh goingon to get into this I we can preface this I think this is going to be a very very good battle I think there’s a good opportunity that we’re going to see some high quality darts right now yeah both these players will know they’re uh they’re in for a match and uh should spur spur them on for sure Leonard Gates a 3-0 lead over Jared Ley who had a really good first match I want to say he was at least in the 80s he aage right around 80 if I remember correctly 82 maybe yeah almost uh 15 20 points off of uh off of that Dustin Holt currently playing Seth Stefano hold up one nothing Justin lancraft up one zero on Rick all red and Douglas you how did you pronounce his last name I said D Michelle uh I like it maybe a Michelli it could be it could be honestly like D mck or something like that so we we’re asking him after you know later on today I met him yesterday and I should have honestly immediately asked what it how to pronounce his last name um taking on Shane minks currently but here we go they dab up the neon nightmare going to get the start 80 one of those gentlemen that really does own the moniker look good play good look good feel good do good yep 134 which I do love that as an English teacher because after the first one uh you can’t play good that’s not a that’s not a thing that happens in life um unless you’re playing a good person then I guess you could play good but otherwise you’re playing well 140 and for those of you that are wondering the nerd in me I will just let you know that’s adjectives versus adverbs is the only difference there is 140 big 140 from stow and again the pace of play is going to be quick for these two players as well they don’t muck around at that line 97 they step up and go what a big last start would not have left a finish last 32 it is still a race to five here in the last 32 when it gets to the top 16 it will be a race to six and that will be the case up until the semi-finals become a race of seven and then the finals of course are the exact same way a race of seven but now this is the second time both these players have been on our streaming board Stow went for double double I like it no the the the way that first start landed he didn’t have many options so double 17 see if he splits it no he goes right at it looks like he’s splitting it fair oh just gets it in oh doesn’t find the double four so finishing woses for both players early doors here something that we talked about with Stow for sure and unfortunately his darts are a little bit of a stacker darts and those stacked outside so for a break a throw right out the gate for the stinger and he does one nothing lead now for Jeff yeah such a heavy scoring leg from both of these players and just uh a little gy there at the uh at the end see Jeff switching down the board I saw Jeff in the hallway before the match started and he just looked at me he goes all I know is if I if I play like I’ve been playing he plays like he played earlier I should be good right so I think there is a little bit of confidence coming in this match for Springer yeah good good for him 13 looking uh looking at the numbers knowing how he’s throwing now the other thing is you can’t come come in expecting that to uh to be the standard that uh that Stow plays at again because you can you can be disappointed very quickly well and that’s also why you know there is that I have to play as well as I played you know 100 um because you do kind of have to expect that someone like Stow is going to raise it to above 90 most of the time 93 93 from Stow good setup play leaves the 170 yeah good counting there giving himself a chance here first at the Finish but 100 Jeff gonna put himself one trouble away are we going fishing we are not 54 64 yep 64 there from stow and Jeff the UN for at first start there does not leave him any type of two dark combination that works 38 and a little bit of a punt there all together yeah not the setup play you would have liked to have seen Stow should get one at tops here good shot and he hits it man that thing looks like it’s in the wire and a one- one score line break a throw right back and a little Dosey dough for Stow and no I did not mean to rhyme all those together it just worked out that way the sixth qualifier for the US darts Masters back in Action Dave Cameron up one zero on Michael Steinberg who is effectively playing his first match 180 in the top 32 yep two hours and 15 minutes after the event start time that can be a that can be a little bit of a tough 100 situation especially after you know watching your team lose terribly last night in person 43 I love I love continuing to hammer on them I have to I fully support that honestly it’s jealousy that they got to go and then you know I know that I know Indiana fans right they’re Midwest fans we’re all real nice and friendly and respectful whereas I know that they probably weren’t as New York fans so I got to make him pay for it now I love how you just painted yourself to a good guy straight away I’m not saying I’m like that as a fan overall we we’re loud but respectful 123 ah good shoot shooting there for uh for Stow with throw here how much pressure can Jeff pile on here 98 it’s not not going to be maximum but uh he’s definitely in the rear view St choosing to throw at the trouble and is not going to get a dart at the Finish from 93 will he be back Jeff one at tops 60 you kind of have to flight it over those those first two darts a little bit more difficult yeah when that went in the board I don’t think he knew that it wasn’t in shot Stow plugs it first start nice clean that’s such a confidence booster right there and when stow’s on he is deadly on tops he’s definitely one of the better power scorers on 19s and he’s definitely one of the better finishers on tops in the game today yeah one thing we haven’t seen from St is that uh that like Grinchy grin that he starts to get when uh when he starts finding those troubles regularly Jeff Springer with a 180 Stow 140 and you mean in those situations too it’s when those first two darts are perfectly in there you’ll just see a smile creep on his face I don’t even know if he knows he does it he probably does if he watches back anything but I’m sure it’s a 45 it’s a very involuntary facial tick and that’s where Stone needed in this leg needs to take advantage though 58 he’s not going to do it so Jeff with throw little bit of reprieve but again you’re seeing the level play rise on up here 60 that’s an unlucky 60 still going to put some pressure on that that was a lot of pressure awesome 140 and so was that can Springer get the Shanghai 20 to tie it up he’ll get the dart at it 80 and he throws it a little bit high so Stow who’s been deadly on top so far tried to go tops tops 40 and I think he really liked the way that those darts were sitting in the board there for that Top Shot for him yeah and ended up being dangerous going to flick that uh that last D up double 10 game shot to tie it up two a piece holds well break a throw break a throw then hold hold and both these guys got their scoring boots on11 difference in the averages other than that the score line is dead even we knew this one was going to be a good one or setting up to be a good one and it certainly has so far turned out to be the case it is just a race to five as well 36 which I would say for those seeda players those guys that maybe are the favorite on paper it’s a little bit scarier in a race to five than it is a race to six or a race to seven for them oh yeah I mean anybody that’s got a def decent average wants to see that that number of legs go up so 36 followed by a 180 still will be happy with the uh the trend there 140 and Jeff sticking with him a nice answer with the 140 look at sto Go Trouble 1860 when he comes back he will be back 81 last start a little slack but game shot and a two Dart finish for Stow bunts on 60 great shot hold a throw pressure back on Jeff to hold it’s right back into the trouble yeah and he responds well unlucky last as we look around the venue real quick David Cameron up three- Z on Michael Steinberg Joey lenol up one Z on Jake McMillan who’s been struggling a little bit today uh in the averages he’s been able to kind of get out of matches but Joey is not going to allow him to do that too easily 46 Jim long up four- Z on hosy Hicks currently and then Dustin hold up four to one and Rick alled with a three to2 lead 36 nice 136 from Stow 140 again Springer same with him although effectively the throws been taken from him now definitely stolen from him 180 that’s a 180 from Stow bunts the second and two legs yeah continuing to drive up that that average 100 11 Dart opportunity for a break a throw at the most perfect time for him too game shot and he hits it on Dart three a 12 Dart break for Stow buns and he now is in the driver seat Jeff Springer needs to break the throw twice of stow and win the last three legs in order to win this match tough ask yeah tough spot to be in 30 break hold break but a huge opening straight away and it’s not that Jeff has really slacked off here nope 9 this has really been Stow kind of taking this match by the collar himself uh kind of in the same way that Jeff did to uh um 99 kefir Jack Robinson Jack Robinson sorry that was actually my fault I should have said that quicker since it was right here next me 60 or you know I could just remember what happened an hour ago lots of things that happened in an hour still back on it yeah and just the scoring power is just Jeff’s not throwing or scoring badly it’s just still throwing a little bit better 59 and just a couple tress visits has been the difference for Springer yes six darts here for Stow from 230 180 and he is going to put on the maximum and again to set it up beautifully might be Jeff’s last three darts in this tournament is a 140 to uh raise his average yet again still 32 pulls it down bring her outside chance here that’s 143 it’s got to go oh that’s a good start to it couple 17 with left 32 threw that one so fast 66 to do double bll double triple 10 leaves the 36 just in case that’s a good marker though for Stow and there it is kisses it in a 5-2 victory for Stow buns and man he has made those types of performances look more and more masterful his opponent throws a 93 and a half and loses by three legs to him timing was everything there for Stow and he gets the job done yeah big scores um I mean Jeff really didn’t not convert a many chances uh just uh just didn’t get there so um St kind of writing the wrongs of the first round uh will definitely be uh forced to be re with the rest of the day well who is going to take on Stow bunts that’s the question will it be Jason Brandon or will it be Ross snook as we do not have a commercial break built in here so we’re going to see if we are either taking one of those bad boys or heading on over to board number two but this is the cosmo darts classic weekend number one here in Brownsburg Indiana at the American Legion Post 331 or everyone goes the speed limit around this venue and that includes of the speed limits 30 35 45 they might even go 42 in that 45 just in case Indianapolis the home of the respectful fan oh well when we had Reggie Miller it was a bit different we’ll bring you a board we’ll bring you a match on board two momentarily soon as somebody comes up thanks guys oh all right so we are going to get some uh additional action here from uh board two um just looking around maybe some uh confirmations we didn’t uh have thus far Jim long defeats Hy Hicks I think that was one-sided pretty much the whole way through yep and that that was the match that just finished up on our streaming board too the next one up there will be Keith way versus Jeff Smith so a couple Canadians uh going at it once again Jacob Taylor finishing off uh Shawn Mitchell um Leonard Gates uh has not dropped a leg he has not 5050 thus far today feeding uh Paul Jones and Jared ladyy back to back as and that could have been way worse than it was uh we all survived ladies and gentlemen if you heard anything there uh there was a chair malfunction but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been as you see Jeff Smith warming up there on board to I love I love the the title tagline underneath there Jeff Smith warming up uh if a picture didn’t need a thousand words if it only needed four words it’s right there yeah it’s it’s been an absolutely fantastic event so far you just mentioned have we had a we have not had a seated player lose yet no we have uh Keith way did lose to Bill Anderson 5 to1 I did not see that Bill Anderson averaged 9031 so Jeff Smith that’s who he’s going up against here Jeff average 99 though in his first round matchup yeah and Jeff and bill will be familiar with each other um I don’t know if they have any history in the CDC my guess would be would be no but uh um Jeff going to multiple events in that uh in that Northeast um region so uh maybe not any history here in this uh in this kind of format but certainly uh both players familiar with each other and there is Mr Anderson as he steps up there yeah the averages so far we have five players averaging above 90 that includes both of these gentlemen right here uh Bill Anderson and Jeff Smith Their averages are actually 01 in between them which is could not be closer unless they were tied yeah no uh very very close it’s going to come down to timing and uh um and consistency um not that that’s not the most uh John Madden uh way to look at this but uh um it really is how it how it uh plays out in terms of which Jeff Smith are we gon to get uh which Bill Anderson are we going to get um winning comfortably like that especially over uh a big player like uh Keith way um um and sometimes being an adrenaline dump yep so we’ll uh we’ll see which uh which way it goes with uh Billy Anderson we see Anthony eugenus stepping in again shout out to a the calling of this match as we David Cameron will take on the winner of JT Davis and Adam seveda for the winner of Board number one for the board winner there uh bagage taking on Anthony Romero right now Gary moss and Dustin Holt will be uh the winner of those two will play each other for the board final there on Board number two Board number three is going to be Leonard Gates taking on the winner of Jake McMillan and Joey lenau Stow Bunch will take on the winner of course of Jason Brandon Ross snook on our streaming board Spellman rouso going on uh the winner that will take on the winner of Jules vong and Rick aled so we might have a pretty good battle there between Spellman and vong in here potentially upcoming there in round number three that’d be a crazy quarterfinal matchup and a little bit behind is Board number six Doug Bame still waiting on a on an opponent there and the in the top 32 Jacob Taylor will take on the winner of Steve waro and Dave Richardson which is a that’s a big battle that is a good one that’ll be a good battle there whoever ends up going up against uh Jacob Taylor and then of course Jim long gets the winner of this one who’s it going to be it looks like Bill’s going to get the start yeah bill float uh floats a bull in there he’s a bigger guy but he definitely has a little bit of a softer throw yeah the the angle with which the the dark comes in a little steeper than than most and I don’t think it’s because of fluctuation in uh in Flight no the parabola is a little bit loopier if we’re going to use big words good shot there from uh Jeff Smith yeah Mr consistency could be a good nickname for Jeff Smith typically not one to miss left or right either is you’ll see a lot of the times his his dark connect legs will be like 60 100 140 60 140 check out you know it’s there’s usually not any left or right in Jeff’s throw which makes him a very tough person to play against oh this average is going to take a dive but again like I said if he’s going to miss the the three troubles it’s going to be an even 60 most of the time we get a lot of the top 32 matches popping up here in darkart Connect I don’t know if we’ve said it but if you want to follow along with your uh favorite players you can do that at DC connect.com and if you have an account you can even get notifications for up to six or eight players um which is always going to be beneficial and we can hear our main streaming board the players are warming up over there it’ll be Jason Brandon taking on Ross snook as of course Jeff Smith hits double 18 to win leg number one and a 15 Dart break a throw finishes it off yeah we flip over here we’ll certainly keep you posted on uh how that match progresses but uh we want to bring you live from our featured board our last top 32 match for today throwing for bull as they will shoot the bull here the shoe game definitely goes to Ross snook every time he shows up to an event at least he knows he’s winning that outside and Jason Brandon might always win um nicest human being in the world whenever he shows up to an event most likely the gentleman is definitely a nickname that that belongs to Jim long but if there was a nickname that I would love to give Jason Brandon the gentleman uh Southern Comfort Jason Brandon how y sounds pretty good I like it yeah really but JB’s fine too are not good at hitting bulls or 25s right now yeah no this is a it’ll be a miracle if we see a a bull finish as both players it’s never good when the Chalker laughing at you struggling to get this one started hey now this is will beat Jason Brandon will hit a 25 here and if you guys ever wonder why they don’t do the bowl on TV it’s this verion right here this could be it and there you go it will be Ross snook The Rock going first against Jason Brandon 100 100 both starting off steady tons both players shot decent in their first round matchup probably both of them would have shot would have wanted to shoot better Jason BR an 86.01 and a 5 to3 victory over kefir Durham Ross Nook only an 80 average in a 5-2 victory over Justin fet but that’s a 180 from JB the winner of this gets the distinct pleasure playing against to buns next on our streaming board in the top 16 what a quarter it’s probably why it’s one of our featured that’s a smart you’re good you Jason Brandon using the bull finally to uh to set up a finish it’s almost a gutsy shot after the yeah right how could he know he was going to hit it uh6 it’s not going to go this time but he has 60 oh that I can’t believe that’s not in the trouble yeah this is this is dangerous here Ross with a chance to hold throw bringing it down 64 he’s going to use the bull as well so leaves himself Shanghai you know double double I think he attempted the double double there oh and he throws the last one away very very uncharacteristic of uh Jason Brandon not taking his time there Ross going to have to find the trouble it’s not gonna happen 100 so we will not take it out burn Jason back to the board huge chance to break the throw snags a 14 double 10 34 low and way outside something that we’ve seen from uh Jason multiple times so far and on the reverse side of that dead center for Ross knook to hold his throw ends up becoming a 19 Dart hole to throw but he’ll take it and Run 100 I always like to call it a good color combination here and Jason Brandon’s flights with the darts with the Jersey are beautiful in the in the combination coordinated very coordinated 60 as we are starting to enter the top 16 here shortly 123 and event number one the cosmo darts classic here on the road to the Continental cup tour finals for 2024 123 it’s been an exciting event so far today it was an exciting night last night if you’re were here at the venue it to watch really the top players really rise to the occasion last night was very impressive and we’re seeing a lot more of that today we’ve only had one seated player lose so far and that was the 16 seat or the 11 seat in Keith way uh Joey lenau oh he just y 134 that’s interesting that Jake McMillan’s not a seated player well if you’re looking at it from a two-year perspective then it’s not interesting then it’s uh it it makes more sense but um 88 yeah Jake McMillan over the last 18 months uh has been uh has been a standout looking around the room Alex Bowman has lost his first leg uh one1 score line against Stefan rouso baggish up two Z on Anthony Romero currently uh Jules vong up two Z on Rick all red Gary mosson two Z lead on Dustin Holt averaging 107.3 six right now yeah and Dustin with a 96 great standard in that one Jeff Smith see how quickly they’re playing it’s a three to1 score line I feel like we just left them Smith averaging a 96.0 four and waro Richardson 33 score line the averages do not reflect the talent level but 33 is is a fun one and still in the top 64 the last one that’s our last top 64 match of James sck Jason Roker 4 to2 lead for solic good switch from Brandon hold a throw hold a throw to start this match 95 Jason just adjusting a little bit 140 oh and what an adjustment able to find over the top trebles backto back two treble visits give him the throw now here in leg number three see if you can find more of those switch down to the 17 to leave the big fish 140 all have do is hear Jason Brandon’s accent to know that he probably likes fishing [Laughter] see if you can reel in the big one there’s the first oh boy Bullseye just a bit outside did anyone really think that he was going to hit the bullseye after the after the shoot the bull start the match it was a hard press but gave us a little bit to uh to get edgy about 31 to take the darts here sets up 24 interesting leave and again just not attacking the doubles yeah not convincing at all on that uh on that double six Ross cleans it up once again to hold his throw that’s two missed opportunities now for Jason Brandon yes almost 10 almost 11 points between the two of them this is uh James Wade toes in terms of uh averages and uh and finishing 100% 47 heading into this leg there’s a there’s a 10-point difference in the averages but favoring the person with the 76 versus the 86 Adam saeda currently up two Z on JT Davis again averaging right around that same Mark 92.2 JT well below standard we’ve come to expect out of him 121 and Russo takes another off of Alex Spellman tying it up at two a piece 95 mosson up three to one now on Dustin Holt Jeff Smith four to one lead on Bill Anderson still averaging 98 100 133 133 leaves 180 which you can’t check out 97 to do tops textbook one two2 from Jason Brandon I like the route that he went mainly because he hit it yeah great great finish there and he could be aggressive on whichever route he decided to go with his opponent back on 180 yep yeah I honestly uh if I do say so myself 121 and uh 122 are the only two uh shots where I’ll go Bull and I’m not quite convinced that that’s the right way to do it I just uh I saw uh mvg do 121 on the bull and I said yeah I like that there you go Danny Lobby also does 121 on the bulll more often than not 60 notoriously just missing inside on the double 18 uh to win a match of the world art Championship 87 this is probably the first event in Indiana that Danny Lobby has missed on the CDC 13 as he is an Indiana native but currently over in England I don’t know if he’s back yet or not but there was no reason for him to be here as a PDC tour card holder this year 100 it’s always good to see the players that have worked so hard to get their PDC tour card actually accomplish that goal that they’ve set out 100 so Ross for the first time on his throw will get the first look at a checkout what time the pressure will’t be under oh Brandon’s going to make him almost maximum pressure 89 trouble to 19 oh just down uh 97 I love it when the Chalker almost says the number out loud as a question for a break oh no he misses the big number and again an opportunity missed and Ross has been so good about coming behind and taking advantage of these can he continue to do it tops game and he does do it cleans it up in two and a 3-2 score line now for Snook so [Music] dirty they’ve held their throw but it’s been anything but Chalk in reality here yeah Jason Brandon could be off the stage uh getting getting a drink of water right now um but Ross just uh doing what he needs to when he needs to 95 he’s been on janitorial Duty on his own throw and he’s he’s cleaned up nicely 58 see Jason’s frustration not able to find any of the troubles there top 16 is is Rolland our first match of the top 16 Leonard Gates Jake McMillan tied up one a piece and I know that I briefly talked to you about this way earlier but um if you happen to be in a location where you could bet on darts this weekend here for the CDC and you happen to catch that 58 uh the odds for Leonard gates to win a match or win a tournament this weekend if it was me I would have put a lot of money on that one uh that yeah that might tends to play well in Indie it might it might be a hundy uh his odds were plus 17 18 I believe $20 bet would have won over 350 um 46 uh again just a little bit on the HM that’s an interesting one that I would have definitely checked out but uh if you’re looking to wager on on a CDC events just go to NXT bets.com playay CDC to see if there’s anything available in your area currently and of course you must be 21 years or older and if you do have a gambling problem please reach out 1800 Gambler 100 Jason Brandon kind of chalking this one 40 left he’s been dragging the tops low but not there he did some push-ups he I told you he was going to work out a little bit it’s a three to three score line now and Ross unaffected that’s a 180 from Ross snook yeah great opening it’s now a good time to remind everyone he hit the first live one or nine Darter on our streaming platform last year there’s no good time like like the present um but no I mean Jason if uh uh if Ross is going to score and finish he may be uh may be in some trouble here the second half of this match 96 for the record it was not a good time to mention that as I’m sure a lot of people are going to blame me for uh for that first start missing JB that’s a 171 the poor man’s 180 I think is what they call that it’s three in the bed either way I’ll take it 105 nice set up there from Ross leave Shanghai Jason needs a big one to 89 leave a finish finds the double bull oh and he’s not going to get a shot 90 to do should be treble 18 double bull does go the treble 18 route to leave 36 will he return though or will Jason Brandon take out a major one oh this could be this could be painful ah it’s not going to happen does leap tops though 105 yeah really good setup but this is uh this is this is the title of the Ross Nook book but not this time this is why playing this way is so dangerous he wanted to throw the dart out of the streaming area there and Jason Brandon does finally capitalize and if there was a time to do so it was then as Southern cfort will Dosey Do here and have the the throw here to make it five to three victory yeah looking to close out Alex Spelman also looking to close out over stepen rouso Gary mosson one leg away from defeating Dustin Holt AA up four- Zer and JT Davis yeah JT just doesn’t look like he’s uh he’s at the races and there’s confirmation Gary mosson defeating Dustin Holt 52 125 and at the same time SAA confirmation defeating JT Davis five to nothing and we only have one match currently going in our top 16 so there’s still a lot of action left here in Brownsburg Indiana the cosmo darts classic the first weekend on the road to the Continental cup tour finals 140 and that’s a 140 from Ross snook who now has effectively through two turns stolen the darts from Jason Brandon well he needed a leg like this to take us to a decider 39 back comes Brandon who can go out in six 140 that’s a good start yep Ross two darts away from it on Pace for an 11 Dart potential Brandon does a smart Dart just gets rid of the three early yeah evens it out 76 remains oh 75 to do triple 17 38 58 if he returns Shanghai for the match here for Jason Brandon such a good leave needs the trouble does not find it 100 you see Ross snook Jean himself up there that was oh it was a little bit shaky there on on the setup Dart yeah it was not very convincing there and Jason Brandon back to his old friend the double 10 and back to not even attacking it at all we’ve seen that twice now out of him three darts at 20 and just not even yeah it doesn’t even sniff it Ross had his darts down not ready for this opportunity 10 how often do you see that happen too yeah surprising some players will put their darts down hoping to pick them back up some players put their darts down expecting it to be the reality well he’s done it again I don’t know if he’s is going to get out of it again game shut yeah and you could tell that he yeah he’s he’s not happy with himself on the way he didn’t finish off that one and take it to a last League decider but a 5 to3 victory for Jason Brandon so JB will move on to take on Stow bunts uh that will be the final match of that our featured Board of the of the day but we’ll still have obviously more action after that without going into the those specifics but stay with us we’re going to have Stow buns taking on Jason Brandon coming up next right after this [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] L mvg Michael Smith the best G is the best the best G is the best there is no sign of this Teenage Dream coming to an end it’s eight of the best and there is no hiding place [Music] my [Music] [Music] let me tell you about a toz darts we’re a specialty dart store with over 10,000 different products we create in-depth videos and blogs to help improve your game and showcase our products we give helpful advice on how to practice darts the fundamentals of form 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and the prestigious Patty power world darts Championship get ready for an exciting competition filled with skill precision and intense rivalries let the darts fly and may the best player emerge indana as we’re going to get a little bonus coverage here on our second streaming board this is a rematch of the final of the crossb darts challenge the inaugural event last year that took place in Jersey City New Jersey Jeff Smith taking on Jim long and the gentlemen being ungentlemanly like up two nothing early in this top 16 battle this is the board final of our uh board eight scenario I’m Sean green joined once again by good stuff Gordon Dixon Gordon little rematch here never hurt anybody yeah no this is uh this is one pardon me where uh where you’re going to see Jim long uh come alive uh you probably look at the stats throughout the day um my assumption is Jeff is going to be ahead yep um but these are the kind of match is that uh that Jim Jim gets up for see that at the modus series um there’s just certain things that bring the the Stellar play out of uh out of these guys and Jeff going a double 19 after the trouble 20 for 138 I kind of like it hey he’s he’s been a little bit more out of it so far in this leg and a couple of his Dar shot have been a little bit more nonchalant yeah it looked like he threw that I mean he’s going to get away with it here absolutely through the uh the last one not away it it left uh the Finish but I don’t think he thought he was coming back and he does not finish off the reprieve opportunity averaging a 9159 heading into this match obviously well below that Mark right now but it is a jump in the format here now best of 11 so a race of six so Jim Long’s only halfway to the finish line but this is a complete reverse of the final of the crossboard darts challenge in our inaugural season last year or inaugural year for that event last year um Jeff Smith won that one handly like he did every match that night um not dropping a single leg but for Jim long the reason why he did not get as hyped up for that match last year was because he knew that he was then qualified for the US darts Masters he was already in so he was able to just kind of be like all right cool I did my job Jeff uh congratulations yeah I’ll be very surprised if Jeff uh finishes below 80 in this match in terms of uh averag is regardless of how it uh It ultimately plays out we do see that the actual uh scoreboard is a definitely a lot smaller on this board than it is on board one um I know that might be a little bit of an issue for our mobile viewers that are watching along I don’t know if our production team at some point is going to take that a little into account a little bit it is our first time doing a second streaming board so those little those little tiny things that literally uh that you don’t really think about as much or just really simple fix this to but as we wait for the board Final on our main streaming board there’s there’s a lot worse that we could be doing right now than than watching this great coverage of Jim long versus Jeff Smith J long in the driver seat and then some double eight to make a 4 nothing lead and the gentleman does that and 14 darts yeah this looking out of hand very quickly for Jeff Expecting The Surge at some point it just uh it’s just not coming and that third Dart again painfully painfully lungy yeah out out of the the range that uh that we expect a a Jeff Smith Miss he did play a lot of darts last night more darts than most but that’s a 180 as soon as we give him excuses he says I don’t need any of those yeah down two breaks it’s got to stay here I know it doesn’t win the match but we talk about it a lot I think the next at least three legs are must win make Jim long think about that uh that hole to throw you see Jeff kind of regripped there maybe just not feeling it as well as he had earlier and the one thing that Jim cannot afford to do is start to let off the gas against Jeff Smith CU as soon as you do that and as soon as he starts to since that he will attack you cannot give Jeff Smith any opportunity to get back into a match as soon as you do so he’ll say thank you and run it’s the equivalent to uh jumping into the sea uh with a whole bunch of cuts all over your body that shark is going to smell the blood in the water the the gentleman moniker only goes so far and sometimes he can get silenced oh poor third there but this leg he’s got time yep and he’ll come back with double 10 Jim trying to leave the even ton is not going to do it so double 10 does win and gets a first leg on the board for Jeff Smith it’s just a hold yeah needs to break and hold good switching there from Jim 96 scored we do have a couple other matches on the top 16 going on currently David Cameron Adam seveda Cameron up one zero currently Jacob Taylor up three nothing on Dave Richardson and Jules vong and how about this a two- lead on Alex Spelman in that top 16 match what a top 16 match that is still have a top 32 matches going on out there as well Shane Meeks two lead on Larry Butler and Doug Bame up one- nothing on Jason broker and Leonard Gates our first quarterfinalist defeats Jake McMillan 6-2 averaging 90 in the process Leonard losing his first two legs of the day I’m sure that’s okay for him I just think of that statement if it was real life he only has two so if he loses them both in real that’s not a good that’s not a good uh not a good day for anyone Jim taking advantage here has the darts sets up well feel like one day we should play the game of what is one thing that you can what is something that you can say in dart’s commentary that does not move over to real life very well he lost his second leg of the day is probably not a good one his day is over tops for the gentleman and he does hold his throw to take a 5 to one lead now one leg away way and we’ve seen a lot more fist bumping from our Canadian friends today Jeff uh think thinks this is too much the the body language the the dart follow through everything pointing to uh not concession but uh but maybe not uh not as focused as uh as we’ve seen him before and this is going to happen sometimes when you’re just kind of struggling to find it you can see even right there he he quickened the third Dart he’s just he’s almost trying a little bit different stuff to see if he can regain the consistency that he’s had so far because a 7979 is a huge fall off the cliff for Jeff from where he was averaging in his first two matches and only 60 there that’s a frustrating 60 because it’s a yeah he painted those wires he was all over it just not able to get something to fall in Jim on 308 surprisingly starts on the 20s and Jacob Taylor up 5- Z currently on Dave Richardson setup shot here for Jim long if he can end the uh pain and suffering of Jeff Smith he doesn’t set it up as well as he probably wanted to no Jeff I think goes back favorite here outside chance for Jim long great last start from Jeff utilizes the ball beautifully oh what a dart oh oh not able to follow it you know he wanted to take out Jeff on the double 18 one Dart we be at the Double 18 and he pins it you always go to Old trusty when you’re struggling that’s his old trusty five to2 score line now but again just another hole to throw yeah Jim being uh one leg away means uh Jeff’s going to have to break twice yep to uh to bring this one back level and it’s pretty much got to start now obviously pretty much got to start now definitely has to start now Gordon yeah if you can keep your opponent off the hill it gives you you always a little bit of wiggle room but once uh once Jeff gets to I’m sorry Jim got to five uh really amplifies the uh the pressure on Jeff well you can see the the struggling darts that he was kind of doing earlier in the match he’s not showing as much of that yeah he’s he’s certainly not uh not dropping that third Dart really low into the one which he did multiple times there at the beginning of the match but uh he’s still just not as sharp as we expect Jeff Smith to be around that treble Bellman vong and tied now two a piece David Cameron Adams aeda tied two a piece Jacob Taylor did win that 6-0 over Dave Richardson Dave starting to show me just how scary of an opponent he can be because he can average 68 or he can average 105 and you don’t really know which version of him you’re going to get so you kind of have to expect the unexpected there but Jeff Smith on 16 puts oh there’s the first Trel 20 would have left the bull look he’s going to shoot it anyway because why not so double eight for Jeff Smith The Reel off the first break that he needs starts uh starts to get in interesting remember when we said that don’t let Jeff start to feel like he can get back into the match CU as soon as that happens he will start attacking a little bit more and look at that that first start’s beautifully perfect in there crisscross applesauce is move down to the 17s or the 19s gets 17s yeah hypothetically this is uh this is the easy one on the road back to uh leveling but uh that’s got to come with a big big asteris you see that average jumping up now to an 84 85 which was not just a range that was the specific average yeah Jeff uh I I made mention I would have been very surprised if Jeff didn’t finish above 80 um and uh thankfully he’s not making me uh looks silly if this goes the distance I would argue that he won’t finish above or below 90 the way he’s thrown right now ah big last start good cover on the 17s leaves 133 140 will do the same for Jim long and that’s exactly what he does started down 94 left hits the trouble 18 to leave tops long again it’s just a very tough tough three Dart combination to win the leg otherwise his opponent’s right there there’s the first part of it that’s low that is outside we both all all of us including Jim got as close as possible to to the screen SL board yeah had to had to get a better look at that one that have been nuts so now we see uh Jim trying to use the double 19 in the middle of a shot here’s the leg right Jim holds his throw here to win otherwise the favorite becomes Jeff Smith yeah and this is where maybe some of those faults that we saw from Jeff Smith earlier in the match make creep back in because the the pressure of feeling like you’re actually in the match uh can start to wear on you and if you’re gym you expected this to be over with a long time ago just because of the struggles that Jeff was also showing but my goodness Jeff Smith a 180 to start off this one yeah this is this is uh this is looking to be hurtful yeah finally catches the trouble bit of relief there and if you don’t think the the bump in format changes anything they would have been a 5-1 score line if if there wasn’t a bump in that format me see a roll of the eyes there from Jeff he had the distance he needed and gave it away back to the 20 leave a finish oh and he’s not going to do it back and forth back and forth one of those legs and one of those matches where you don’t need the entire chair if you’re sitting down the edge will do we’re all leaning forward here I don’t know about you guys at home whether you’re watching on pdc.tv YouTube Facebook or twitch maybe the bull I think he went for the bull there doesn’t leave a finish yep which is tough the last nine darts on the Stow match might want to stay Busey there was needed oh he got a whack at it Wonder ah is that a wise one knowing that uh Jim couldn’t finish actually you know if he just goes 14 there on that last start to leave 36 it’s almost an automatic that we’re going to last leg Yeah 98 now to take us to last leg the cider and to almost reel it all the way back and he is now the favorite for the match my goodness Jeff Smith throwing we’re going to take you over to the our main stage no no we have to you want to watch the rest of this you go on over to the Facebook okay if you want to watch the rest of us the last like deider I guess you got to go over to Facebook oh we’re all disappointed yeah to see the first leg of this one versus the last leg decider of that that one is is yep um Jason Brandon Stow bunts 97 now these players start to play with a little bit more uh regularity Jeff Smith in that last leg deider goes 140 140 and then 145 he’s on a 11 Darter for the match now 85 reel it back from five to one down ah which which just makes Jim long feel even more terrible 41 only 41 there for Brandon 41 an exchange of 41s and there it is the winning Dart for Jeff Smith and wow what a comeback and he ends up with a over above 90 I mean absolutely insane from Jeff Smith the to real all the way back after the struggles he seemed to be showing yeah down 51 reeled it back absolutely incredible show of grit um commiserations to uh to the gentleman but uh but yeah really didn’t I don’t remember a whole lot of uh missed opportunities I mean other than I mean obviously outscoring Jeff um but uh but Jeff kind of put that one on his shoulders 121 and brought it back still Lees 24 to hold his throw in leg number one all JB can do is set it up 55 and I apologize he was never down 51 it was um 41 and then ended up being 52 okay and then he came back from 52 I believe is how that uh that match played out still routed off four legs in a row there two against throw one nothing leading out for bunts 140 nice 140 I’m telling you Ross snook not only does he have the shoes for this but he has kind of the voice for for a board official 82 is there something with you and Ross that I don’t know about I don’t know I I don’t think we’ve actually me talked to each other more than briefly 140 asked if you had a girlfriend you’re right I did do that too didn’t I I guess if you do look bad at all the different things I’ve said it’s one of my favorite uh things to watch on uh social medias is where they like put a a different soundtrack to a movie or cut the movie up in a different way to make it seem like the uh the plot was different the internet always wins yes it does 140 so Jason Brandon has six DS from 164 four oh unlucky you could that’s that’s the angriest you will see Jason that was the snarl right there as we get you caught up on one of the big matchups out there Adam or Alex Spelman Jules vong and four to four score line David Cameron Adam seveda another big matchup Cameron up 5 to three now 100 I don’t know why I’m calling these some of these Gary mosson 3 to1 lead on Danny baggish we mentioned it earlier Gary just seems to roll nicely through these through these tournaments for Stow I chatted just briefly with uh with Gary on the last break and uh he said he was having fun like kind of chalks it all up to uh to having fun which uh makes complete sense it is much easier to have fun as we see Jason Brandon take down uh the second leg here uh to to enjoy the darts when you’re when you’re winning 100% one to one score line now Jason Brandon still bun and again we already have three quarter finalist Leonard Gates Jacob Taylor 6-0 victory over Dave Richardson and then Jeff Smith of course we just saw the majority of that and then what a comeback that was ended up just below the 90 average so I was technically wrong oh because of the Y the final Dart yep 89. 72 and still almost dropped in a 180 there we won’t hold it against you who’s we because some people will I’ll head back over to the uh comments nope actually 18 people hold you held that against me all right 52 St just off there St had two darts at do at tops to win the leg number two to take a two- lead which when you give Stow two darts at tops typically one of those two goes in wired it into the double five and 35 now he’s starting to dance around that dart board a little bit too much and JB is going to take advantage of it 100 we have one top 32 match still going on and that’s Doug Bame Jason broker they’re tied at three a piece 41 reminder to everyone joining us it is a bump in the format now a race to six in the last 16 and last eight and then we’ll go to a race to seven in the semis and finals 89 so a lot of action left to go here in Brownsburg Indiana 140 yeah it looks good like a good first start but probably too little too late Jason can get his uh finishing boots he’s had some moments though on double 10 and double 20 doesn’t have that moment there and is a break a throw for Jason Brandon a two to one lead now and was that that first start had to have been at treble 12 missing inside the the triple was uh interesting there 60 yeah you’re not wrong there that was or is just extremely shaky David Cameron defeats Adam seveda with a 96.7 average 6.74 average 6 to4 and Spellman now 5 to four lead on Jules and Jules is averaging almost 100 60 lots of great darts 140 Jules have the throw in that uh equalizer he would not it would be Spellman with a throw in the last L decider he does have the right now but he has to hit this 104 or El Spellman has 78 left for the for the match he does take out the 104 does juwel so we will go to a last L deider Spellman with the throw and that one top tier there from those two 180 and that’s a 180 from Stow buns I feel like I can’t even give Ross a compliment anymore without it sounding bad as he’s the first Dart player to do the 180 call with actual 180 in there 20 Topps to break right back he will return with tops Brandon all the way back on 256 not scoring well in this in this leg Yeah I like I like the step back the Bulls is the right shot here leaves the big fish just in case stove for Tops to even it up the four no drama oras our colleague would say no drama two to two score line man 137 we got three top 16 matches going on right now it’s 55 33 22 the cream is rising to the top we’re going to get a lot more parody just like we saw in the qualifier yesterday you get all these fellas together 180 that’s a 180 from Stow that that average starting to creep up for Stow going to need to see something from Brandon 100 he’ll just settle in and relax and ladies and gentlemen it is definitely no coincidence that the top four from last night are still in this tournament right now all of them all of the semi-finalists from last night’s qualifier are still in this tournament and right now three of the four are in the top eight Danny baggish in a battle right now to be to be the next Spellman does defeat jwes in the last leg decider six to five Victory a bit of a choppy Affair there at the end actually no it wasn’t it was 100 average 15 D for Spellman but Jules was back on 240 so Spellman gets past the American PC tour card holder still double four fif leg takes it out but Jason uh again about as mad as you’ll see him not leaving going to finish there in the the shot before I don’t think I’ve ever seen him angry at all before this moment 100 but I think if you’re any Dart player and you watch Jeff Smith struggle early on in that last match against Jim so badly to where he’s almost throwing away some darts come back all the way back to win and find it kind of gives you hope that at any point in time in a match you can you can kind of do that 134 now it helps if your name is Jeff Smith and you’re the you’re known as the silencer but 137 great cover shot from Stow he just continues to pressure Jason Brandon just for the scoring and you see it pay off right there Stow has the has the throw now 140 what a setup 90 to do when he returns all Jason can do is bring it down 59 body language not great from Jason doesn’t even think about his uh last start was look at that heed double double just on the outside does have uh an outside chance here for for Jason this would be huge not sharp on his finishes but he’s known for big finishes I thought I was going to talk him into that one after that uh that first start but 36 take a 4-2 lead going be double nine and that’s an awkward Dart for St you see him have to step over and now he’s inside so Brandon’s going to get reprieve potential he will kick himself if he doesn’t take advantage of this 56 left I think he’s trying to decide on his oh sorry bet you had 95 I’m Jason correcting Ross’s math there tops Jame and he hits and you see sto pointed at his at his own head there yeah that was a uh that was an unforced error still had all the time thought he was gonna finish a double double and Jason Brandon comes back and nicks the leg and that’s a 180 from Jason Brandon again 119 for any of this top level competition you give them an opportunity to get back into a match to get back into a leg they they tend to start to run with it 91 good cover shot again for Brandon let St just continues to time everything perfectly the power of his game is from like that 280 to 220 mark of just really setting himself up for Success a lot better than his opponents 85 left 53 we’ll come back with 52 if he returns otherwise Jason Brandon takes out this 130 can it be a bull finish a bit awkward with the flat lay of his Dart so he steps over the side needed the trouble and it just grabbed it up 94 yeah missing High there makes uh makes that second Dart extremely difficult but St I I mean we can’t call this guaranteed usually when there’s two darts at tops it is and he does get it done there and he almost threw the third Dart he wanted a bonus Dart then they had a little misconnection there on the on the fist bump four to three score line now favor Stow baggish now five to3 lead on mosson 45 tell you what I’m they can’t possibly all make the semis can Jason with the darts 58 doesn’t find a triple so big opening here for Stow to attack the throw Jason Brandon oh he’s gonna go sideways 40 another close match with 10 or 12 between them in the averages 95 all comes down to finishing from stow and good timing from Jason oh look at this 140 nice 140 again from Stow Jason starting down 99 switch up with a left to finish would to hit the trouble trouble still regrips it and hits it fires it in there so setup shot 60 doesn’t find a trouble Advantage though 146 plays four4 Advantage though we do see a big one great finish that’s a 146 checkout from sto buns to take a five to3 lead and break the throw of Jason Brandon great checkout and being able to have the scoring power on those 19s that still has allows that and how about that last start on the trouble 18 you have to set up that shot to get the 93 to leave that finish break hold break needed from Jason Brandon to turn this one around not easy to do hypothetically this is the uh the first tough one and he has effectively taken the throw already 54 and again the scoring lacking for Stow just when you think that 180 is going to come next he’ll be on 188 Jason’s going to hit 100 here so he’ll be on 161 97 goes 97 instead yeah switches to the open bed was gonna say stow’s gonna need a a pile of those 20s to uh to get him down there you need a fourth Dart six for Jason Brandon oh does he only need three no he sets it up smart Dart wisely wisely wisely 58 we did just get word that we’re going to get a Canadian Affair as our next match on our featured board be a top eight match best of best of 11 and it will be Jeff Smith taking on Jacob Taylor oh should be a heavy scoring affair and Jason unable to get that job done there 49 but still not going to put a lot of pressure on Jame shight Brandon does get it accomplished the first hurdle so to speak accomplished there five to four now he’ll doy do and and go right back up to the line do a little pivot 55 I believe the winner of this is going to take on Leonard gates in the top eight is going to be the winner of this one taking on Gates big 180 from Stow right out the gate J Brand just give him a little thumbs up and I wanted to check to see if it was actually going to be possible for us to have the same semi-finalist as last night it is not either David Cameron or Danny baggish will be out in the semi-finalist but it is possible to have three of the four well I I I told you as soon as I walked in and that was even excluding um some of the guys that uh uh that are playing well today that uh if if I took a look at that uh that list yesterday those are those are the four that uh that I would put at the top of the list they’ll definitely stand out now some of them are gonna have to get through Alex yes uh to to get there uh Stow uh perhaps um depending on what happens here well it would be he wouldn’t have to face him until the finals if that were to happen look at Jason 14 coming alive here yep but still will have a look here for the match at 125 start on the bull hits the 25 so 20 treble 20 with left tops 65 will he return with 60 or will Jason Brandon take out this 113 and send us to a last League decider o I like Jason to at least get a dart for it going to need the trouble 18 it’s not gonna happen 57 so Stow setup Dart finish on his favorite double tops and it only takes one in the corner pocket and a six to four victory for Stow buns over Jason Brandon Stow gets the job done he will do battle against Leonard Gates on streaming Board number two um but our next match on our featured board is going to be Jacob Taylor taking on Jeff Smith as you see uh Little Hug even Stow kissed Ross so maybe it’s just in the cards you know maybe it’s just in the cards as do does get over line I think Jason’s going to take an extra second here just to kind of regroup but my goodness so far this Cosmo dge classic has been set up to be a classic down to the wire finish we’ve had some great matches so far we got more coming your way so stay with us we’ll be right back with more from the cosmo darts classic right after this Luke humph MBG Michael Smith the best against the best the best against the best there is no sign of this Teenage Dream coming to an end it’s eight of the best and there is no hiding place [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] I [Music] me [Music] [Music] let me tell you about a toz darts we’re a specialty dart store with over 10,000 different products we create in-depth videos and blogs to help improve your game and showcase our products we give helpful advice on how to practice darts the fundamentals of form and mechanics and how to make better decisions when purchasing your darting equipment whether you’re brand new or a season player we try to provide fun and informative content I’m Jen the creative director for adz darts I’ve been playing for over 10 years and I’ve traveled the world competing in and promoting the sport this is will he runs our live streaming company USA darts and travels the globe as well to broadcast major darting events and interview PDC players alike you’ll find over 2,000 different sets of darts on our website guessing right now you’re pretty interested in our resources learn about form throwing mechanics practice routines scoring and grouping checkout methods Cricket strategy and much more visit azart .c to take advantage of our blog or follow us on social media atazz darts today welcome back to the cosmo darts classic event number one of the 2024 Championship Dart circuit tournaments e [Music] he [Music] welcome back ladies and gentlemen to the championship Dart circuit weekend number one live in Brownsburg Indiana at the American Legion Post 331 as we start the road to the to the 20124 Continental cup tour finals this is our first quarterfinal match that we we featured on our stream and it is going to be a couple Canadians that have very high power scoring capabilities that is Jeff Smith and Jacob Taylor I’m Sean green joined by my partner in comms this weekend by Gordon Dixon Gordon we’re setting up for a really good one here yeah um and Jake I mean it’s it’s tough to say under the radar but we really didn’t give a lot of windup uh to Jake ahead of time um when we were running down through the the matches that uh that we saw uh Jake was certainly at the uh or on the list but certainly uh um I think he’s underperformed uh quite frankly um from from kind of the the gang Buster start that we saw from uh from Jake but uh how is he gonna Faire Against The Comeback Kid Jeff Smith here in this uh this matchup uh you’re not wrong there Jacob Taylor though today averaging an 87.9 three that’s eighth overall um Jeff Smith of course at that 90.9 6 Mark but we’ve seen the best of Jeff Smith and the worst of best Smith Jeff Smith sorry in about a five leg stretch yep and the highest average player for the for the tournament so far today is a 95.5 five from Jake wac actually Spellman number two at a 95.4 one and that’s where we talk about that ceiling versus floor scenario right it’s first night average is the best as well 107.9 6 but the scoring power here uh are in the capable hands of these two Canadians yeah this is uh this should be a high-scoring affair um both actually no slouches to finishes as well so um I think the average overall should uh should be consistent we shall see Jeff Smith probably feeling like he’s got his get out of jail free card yeah and now that he got it he’s going to have to take advantage of it and use it right and you almost feel even worse if you don’t um take advantage of it at the end of the day but my goodness I I want to give a huge shout out Jacob Taylor’s New Jersey design is something special I like that thing he’s got a little bit more pop to it than his uh earlier designs did and uh if you don’t believe me I’m I’m speaking the truth I see what you did there thank you appreciate that Jacob Smith from newy he’s New Finland um Jeff Smith news New Brunswick for Jeff Smith and of course a PDC main stay for for quite a while there for Jeff Smith consistently in the top 64 and and uh a lot of bad luck and a lot of bad breaks um it seems took that tour card away from him in a very inopportune time and for someone that travels so much and works so hard at this game uh that has gave us the argu arguably the best moment in North American darts at the US darts Masters last year at least one of the best moments in with that 167 checkout throw first it it is huge uh for sure but here we go we are often running Jacob’s Jacob Taylor will go first 45 and I’m telling you what I’m excited that we get to hear the the southern draw of Jason Brandon do this 60 every everybody can hear uh that he likes [Laughter] fishing everybody tell am I wrong for that statement after listening to Jason Brandon do this does he sound like someone who fishes or [Laughter] not chances are he probably hunts to just throwing it out there 140 I hope he does none of those things by the way cow in Tennessee native for Jason Brandon but looking at a couple of 83 the best Canadians in all of Canada throwing darts 100 would against the darts straight away Jeff Smith taking control here would it shock you to let you know that um there’s only one player left in this field that is a non-seed player and it is of course Jeff Smith uh no that may be the least shocking thing that uh that I’ve heard uh that I’ve heard all day in fact we are almost chalk otherwise the one seed the two seed the three seed the four seed the five the only two they’re out are the six and the Seven which was what Jim long and Larry Butler Larry Butler and so have the SE of SE of Doug Bame left as the 10 seed game shot second but there you go Jacob Taylor takes out leg number one holds the throw first leg Jeff Smith lost lost in a while well and honestly from a pretty 140 pretty good uh controlled position um fell off there Jacob put together six good darts took it down and if you’re worried about Jeff’s scoring power in leg number one um it has been perfectly established in leg number two 95 and we will be following this uh this match until the final leg um and then we will no just play 130 are you really playing like are we not going to follow it I’m just wondering we will follow it to its conclusion no absolutely 140 again ladies and gentlemen just it’s our first time having two stream boards available to us we’ll get there we’ll get it down I would say overall we’ve been absolutely fantastic with the coverage uh today and that’s not just from someone who’s working you know in the coverage so no finish for Jacob Taylor Jeff Smith to hold on tops and that could not have been more perfect of a first start there for Jeff Smith 13 Dart hold a throw for Jeff Smith and look at those averages yeah it only took two legs uh to be right where I thought we would be yeah they’re this is I don’t think that we’re going to have another match it’s not going to be a high quality Fair that’s for sure as Doug Bame a three to zero lead on Shane Meeks 5 57 and in our other quarterfinal going on uh out in the main hall Denny baggas David Cameron baggish up one Z on Excalibur 95 yeah looks like uh he nicked a 18 Darter with uh Cameron probably sitting below a 100 maybe uh slightly above 100 97 what a can we talk about dark connect again just for a second game changer this has been 85 for our sport for being able to uh organize and run these tournaments it it really has become kind of a scenario like 96 what do we used to do before the internet yeah you you asked me that earlier I I really uh I don’t remember uh I mean it’s it’s just one of those things that you lean on so much um whether you’re sitting at home on your couch flipping through who’s playing who uh or you’re you’re uh behind the microphone trying to uh trying to talk through everything with everybody 140 140 I mean just the the information that’s just at our fingertips um as quickly as we need it to be2 or want it to be is amazing that goes for anyone uh fans uh anyone watching along is Jeff Smith 18 now9 30 he will be one of the few players with 48 left to go 12 for 436 that is his checkout that’s in for Taylor shot first start he’s like are you going to tell me or not uh so two to one lead now for Taylor over Jeff Smith holds a throw yep and that’s a 180 from Jeff Smith almost when the first start goes in where it sat kind of like this one for Taylor you expect a 180 yep just to left oh see he got unlucky on the kiss oh is that where it was yeah it just kissed off to the to the right yep that one so that third Dart was worrisome because that’s that’s what he started to do in uh uh the match against Jim long 125 a little lunge well he does even it out and ends up leaving the 160 and just I wouldn’t surprise maybe just hit it out of nowhere right now 96 wouldn’t surprise me oh he’s not gonna get a look 100 Chucks another one up there all right Taylor first start in there and that’s a beautiful one to follow tops or double 10 sorry and he hits the 140 check out Jacob the truth Taylor takes a 3 to one lead he could not get those out of his hand fast enough and into the segments that he wanted them that was absolutely awesome such a good Rhythm from from Taylor there 140 this is the Jacob Taylor that we are used to seeing in maybe more two years ago Jacob Taylor he’s steamrolling right now it’s either 140s it’s 180s those first two darts are are perfectly set on The Wire just below the wire to where we can stack them 59 and then he’s also doing his masterful checkout but 100 story of the day was Jeff Smith down five to2 Storm’s back against Jim long to win six to five and beautiful switching 128 one 128 from Taylor doesn’t leave the Finish which is why you start on the 18s 55 but the 55 is not going to hurt him at all he’s very tailor esque in that regard as well it that’s not tailor esque only 26 and for Jeff Smith he’s going to see that in pounds 140 another big check out from Jacob Taylor needed that’s a good first start again he’s going to get another look at this 28 left 120 the look on Jeff Smith’s face when the when the second trouble 20 went in was like really guy wow he was trying to leave the 26 there you like the lay of the first start double 14 and oh no did all the work and he’s going to let J Smith break him right back yeah does not convert 14 for 32 little step to the right getting shot third D pegs it and it is a break a throw right back for Jeff Smith yeah Jeff getting away with one there yeah Taylor had four darts at a double in that leg to take the 4 to one lead which would have been a a huge difference from 3 to2 60 you tell me a single person that chat that doesn’t say that he sounds like he fishes and I’ll find you a liar what chat 100 any of them everywhere go down the hallway you 100 after the match he’s out there talking about fishing just listen to the workers Jeff on throw 59 leaves an opening only 59 and that’s another beautifully thrown first two darts 140 would love another one of those gets another one of those to leave Shanghai 133 133 sorry about that you know sometimes people apologize like say sorry he me he meant it 177 what a big setup there for Jacob Taylor yes okay Jeff take out the 120 oh he’s going to get a dart G to get a whack it’s a bit awkward steps over and it dragged it low I bet when he let go of that one he thought it was good mhm oh those are awkward for Jake he said wow on all three darts can’t believe that they didn’t go in for him and another one that Jeff Smith cleans up Jeff the janitor Smith today 58 and two good darts right there and that’s a 180 to start off this leg for Smith attacking the throw now of Taylor but not attacking it hard enough is that’s a 180 right back backto back 180s for these jents Jacob Taylor I I mean the the mindset to give away the two legs that he he just did and still be able to stick with him and score absolutely incredible 55 and only 55 means Jeff Smith as long as it doesn’t punt this away too much Jeff Maan making sure a 37 scored big fat 20 was gonna help him unfortunately he did not get the big fat 20 does still leave a finish 180 12 would leave 28 140 he almost just chucked it in there absolutely incredible the temperament of these guys love I love it from Jeff Smith of course he’s going to stay there 126 there’s a new one oh 36 just on the outside that one either double nine for Smith now he’s going to have to split it only one dart at Double four and he pins it and if you would have told me when it was 3 to one and Jacob Taylor had four darts to hit 28 that Jeff Smith would be the first one to four legs I would have called you insane 100 and again this is a situation where Jacob Taylor has not done anything wrong here Smith has just raised it he’s raised that game 140 you’re seeing two players playing their best right now or battling their best against each other certainly making for a good uh7 good match up here I mean Jacob uh I mean he’s he’s only gotten one Dart uh and a couple of fistfuls for uh for a couple of those late 131 but uh but Jeff for the most part keeping the pressure on after nine leaves 130 this to make it a 5 to three score line and hold his throw here he’s get plenty of darts at this doesn’t have to go the bullseye Route 89 but he misses the big number so now he’s on 39 no sorry 41 46 double eight goes in it is 5 to3 score line now for Jeff Smith one leg away from his second semi-finals in as many tournaments here in Indie that he’s played 140 but again those first it’s almost unlucky that Taylor’s not hitting 180s after those first two darts are on that bottom wire with how easily he Stacks 60 I think he trade a couple of those triples for a couple of those doubles I would agree with you but the way Jeff playing he needs those triples in order to even get a shot of those Devils 95 we have not seen very many troubless visits from either player 99 yep 135 he knew where he was going with the third just didn’t execute back up 93 great cover shot on Dart three Smith just GNA try and put in some maximum pressure yep setup shot he does just that what a shot what a 171 oh he’s going to get two at 32 oh no and the Double Trouble happens again for Taylor so Jeff Smith for the match all the way to double five oh Jeff left him all the hook for his fourth leg on the board shot first start now 54 Smith though with the throw and he immediately attacking yeah seen that so many times from Jeff this is one of the this this match could easily be over with now this match could easily be the reverse score line it could be a blown out score line like this has been textbook close starts the entire way through they matching each other when they’re hitting big big darts but it looks like Smith running away right now 100 Cosmo darts classic 130 Jeff Smith himself is a cosmo dark classic 91 to win this when he comes back 59 Jacob just on the other side of the wire right next door to awesome we see Jeff 51 just sets it up nicely will come back for Tops setting up tops and Jacob just gonna find himself running out of out of time thought I was in there and now he’s playing with it a little bit uhoh you did not want to do that Jeff would you have busted it a little interesting absolutely because Jacob Taylor is a soldier sir 36 left for Taylor just puts maximum pressure on you see Smith almost smiled there of like of course but he handles business six to four win oh wow guys that one had everything that you could possibly w a dart Match six to four victory for Jeff Smith over Jacob Taylor yeah Jeff making it uh a little interesting until he didn’t but uh my goodness we’ve got uh two matches in progress we’ve got Stow bunts up 43 on Leonard Gates and we’ve got uh Danny baggish 53 up on David Cameron I mean you can’t ask for more as uh we will head over here to our second streaming board at 4 to3 little bonus coverage Leonard gate Stow oh leard trying to finesse one in there oh thought we were going to switch over for big6 oh and Soldier I don’t know what he was doing he left 30 Classic Soft dip leave what he shot that last start like he was trying to hit the 170 checkout with 175 left and he does find it there so four to four score line for Stow and Leonard and if you want to watch that one you’re going to head on over to stream number two as we’re going to take a short break here um and we’ll be right back more on our main streaming board right after this at the cosmo 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[Music] [Music] hey [Music] [Music] he [Music] [Music] he [Music] [Music] [Music] a [Music] a [Music] [Music] welcome back everybody to Brownsburg Indiana at the American Legion Post 331 as we start the road to the 2024 Continental cup tour finals with this first semifinal matchup between two American heavyweights Danny baggish Leonard Gates here and if you would have told us at the very beginning of this tournament that this would be a semi-final match up we would have been like not surprised at all yeah no this is uh this is fairly chalk for the uh uh for the bracket they they were in 100 um these guys obviously very familiar with one another uh good friends play doubles together um usually bring out the best um in one another so uh expect a another I shouldn’t say a another uh high flying uh High average competition here between these two 100% again it it goes to show that when you don’t have expectations coming into a tournament uh like Danny bag uh did this weekend CU you know he always wants to play well and he knows he’s has the talent to play well but he hasn’t been throwing steel tip or practicing as much as he typically would to be in a position to be successful automatically and so um in this case is he kind of playing with house money a little bit um for the G I don’t buy any of that uh to be completely honest that’s fair I don’t I don’t think you come to a tournament um and go I’m not going to do well I don’t think he said that ever um I just don’t think his expectations are there that he was going to automat like he’s walking in the room be like I’m gonna win this thing well uh I yeah I I don’t know I I I don’t know I didn’t have the same conversation um I just uh I I question whether or not uh someone would do that without uh at least knowing that they could win um and with the rise of the standard um he knew what he knew had to bring oh absolutely he knew what he had to bring I just don’t know if he knew it was in there uh so um I think last night obviously give him the confidence to come into to day with everything else right uh you make a semi-final last night uh best 80 some people in North America that are playing this thing 100 and uh to come through the semi-finals has got to give him a lot of a lot of confidence coming today no matter what his expectations were before that moment and as much as I enjoy um 100 uh razing the uh Carnival Dart crew um I I I really don’t think that there’s much difference between soft tip and steel tip in terms of the action in terms of uh the distance the weight of the darts I think all of those uh um play very little on whether or not you’re a good Dart player and can transfer those and I know he’s been playing at a high level on the soft tip side right um recently so uh that that to me again um is what bre needs that confidence and while it may not have been directly for steel tip um I I can’t imagine that that’s uh that’s not something that he also takes uh uh takes Confidence from well you see Leonard Gates break the throw there in leg number one of Danny baggish and Danny good cover shot on the last Dart needed cover shot on the last Dart as Gates on 118 no this is where it gets okay double eight there it is Leonard Gates a 118 checkout after finishing the 81 in two darts last time so the finishing from Gates is definitely there early on 140 nice open from Danny they’re going down two legs 95 as we check in here uh with the averages Danny’s only averaging 85 overall for the tournament 3 which for him is low uh compared to what he would have would expect to do um especially playing on tour like he was before that um Gates right at that 90 Mark 89 and a half mark uh which might be a little bit below his standard too so we’re going to see some some 57 raised averages I believe uh throughout the semi-finals and the finals well yeah both of these guys are sharks so they’re going to they’re going to see the uh the Finishing Line while they may not be playing for it right now um they know they’re in the hunt H for the prize and Jeff Smith is the other semi-finalist that is waiting for the winner of Alex Bowman and Doug Bame uh so if you guys are wondering why uh we did have a a little bit delay between our quarterfinals and our semi-finals is because we are waiting for that quarterfinal last quarterfinal to kind of catch up fully uh there was that one board though was just a touch behind um throughout the tournament so it’s either wait now or wait later like you pointed out and I think a lot of people would rather wait now than wait later yeah you want to have a good Rhythm for our soft uh our soft tip for our uh um semifinalist Leonard Gates taking uh the third leg there and again does it in fantastic fashion two darts only needed on 65 140 the finishing on top of the scoring power for Gates if that’s there uh he might roll through the the rest of this and I just I really do love when things match up so like three hours ago is when we mentioned the betting odds the last time and for it to get to the point where he’s in the semi-finals and 180 that’s a 180 from Leonard Gates yeah I I hope there’s 100 people out there with a $20 ticket that uh Leonard Gates wins uh wins an event on the weekend because it wasn’t this this event I believe it was for just this specific event oh okay but still he’s still I mean but if you want to get involved the first time you said it was for the events over the weekend get that that makes a makes it a big that to me that makes it a big difference cuz if you’ve got four events on a weekend right but he it would only be the two CDC weekend events anyway right um oh that’s right because the other two are qualifiers fair enough fair enough and again Gates finding the first start of the two Dart combination 1 oh boy and unfortunately 39 Danny the 39 there and gates with a four to zero lead I mean just no no slowdown at all right now in Gates and uh huge shout out to Sarah stenus who’s our board official here new CDC staff member uh starting starting this year um so to throw her into you know the pond that is a semi-final here uh on the stream is a little bit nerve-wracking for her I’m sure more than anything else especially with these two great players yeah and that uh that streaming board can get so quiet oh yeah which is why when Sarah was correcting the score of Leonard while Danny was throwing sure that’s a learning moment where he’ll yell at you he’s done that to us before if he hears us talking while I’m throwing oh yeah and that I mean in our defense was not uh uh that was just because we were so close to the action yeah for sure and we were supposed to be talking cuz I’ve also gotten yelled at dart tournaments uh where I was in a spot where I shouldn’t have been talking I just wish that everyone would just understand that we’re commentators even when we don’t have microphones in our face that’s what makes us good at our job we don’t shut up when we’re watching anything 125 oh deciding leg between Spellman and Bame yeah that’s in a 180 oops how about another 180 from Gates baggish on 95 see if he shoots the bull route he does 70 left will he get a dart at the bull no he doesn’t even do that 55 remaining leaves 40 so Gates on 21 five for double eight one for double 10 is fine too that works oh just on the wire tops double 10 get his first leg on the board and jump start this semi-final for him he does so in the day though it’s just a hold to throw for him yeah Lenard’s been uh messing with that patch for the last two matches I saw it fall off when we were uh watching him and Stow so finally just Chucks it onto the table there you see see I’m not messing with it again sponsor probably would rather him uh go and win yeah mess with the tape and everything afterwards yeah we’ll get that fixed for the next time and Doug Bame does defeat Alex Spelman six to five so it’ll be Doug Bame as our second semi-finalist uh he will do battle against Jeff Smith and our semi-final number two 180 and that’s a 180 from baggish yeah that leg on the board settling baggish into this match 60 while lackluster the uh the first four legs um Gates really I mean he’s averaging over a ton yep 100 and that’s a 180 from baggish again so 141 against the throw trying to turn this the semi-final around got to do this cleanly it’s going to be 32 that was not cleanly you see the pain Gates go 25 for 36 or 11s 45 for 16 yep one dart at tops and just drags it low I think if he hopped more it would went in that was an interesting move that he gave after he he he he is susceptible to doing that on the uh the third Dart usually a little extra shoulder into it from time to time do that baggish breaks step as he heads up there yeah bag baggish breaks now only one break down but it’s only a break a throw if you hold it the next time and he can’t have too many troubless visits with the way solders scoring yeah Soldier losing 100 two legs and not dropping below a 100 I’m always interested with how far over to the left Danny actually stands to the line um on the a is he’s not straight on solders going to be a little bit more straight straight on and I did not know that about Danny until actually seeing him live once 100 and realized that oh man he’s far over to to that side of the board but just for anyone it it’s whatever is comfortable to you you don’t have to be straight on to to be successful in this game 123 Count him on up 1 two three but he needed more than that and his oh slack turn there from Gates so could be an easy hole to throw here six darts from baggish he’s been fing that trouble 20 regularly 123 oh back to- back 123 is that’s consistent Gates on 261 10 and of course he’s goingon to put some pressure on it isn’t he what a shot even Dan’s gonna be like of course he’s gonna put some pressure on isn’t he oh no 91 trible 17 doesn’t find it so treble 19 for double 12 he did this in two darts earlier in leg number one and he’s going to try to do it again and Danny you see Danny’s reaction after the first start went in and he hits the double six breaks right back and now Gates five to2 up it is an elevated format once again race to seven now so gate still two legs away but you can see when that first start wi the trouble 19 baggish immediately dropped his shoulders was just like really and that is the the impressive game that is Leonard Gates 180 81 and again you see the the poor body language come back for uh for Danny 40 but as soon as Gat throws a 40 in there almost will put little pep back into Danny’s step but when your opponent goes 140 going first and then you go 55 or 45 that’s never never a winning combination 100 good final there from from Leonard I really would have needed all three to leave a finish from here 97 99 sorry 99 there we go setup shot for Leonard Gates and now he’s got to be careful about what he does here that was the right move to go the 18s on the last start 43 43 baggish with level 180 right now it’s a good first startart lots of room he does have to step over well that’s nice it is 120 and Gates nods in the background they’re both definitely in this mentally even when they’re not throwing 140 only a 140 out there for Gates 140 to leave 38 8 85 85 to leave 93 good placement 60 oh he doesn’t get it well this be it he’s been great on that treble 19 first start every time for the setup now it’s for 36 93 yeah I think he’s going trouble 74 oh double 16 oh he’s just inside a wire withth away from making the final well sorry for making it six two got it’s race seven nope and Danny gets it taken care of in one breaks right back again three breaks a throw in a row for both players and we’re at a 5-3 score line 81 100 all right Danny needs to travel here just to stay out in front not going to get it Gates averaging nine points better on the average now that’s jumped a little bit more now a lot of bit more big 140 attacking the throw again yeah I believe just the back end of that last leg he finally came off the top of the uh the ton but he’s headed back that way against the darts here9 and again a shake of the head from baggish it was frustrated the not able to hold his throw once he breaks he’s doing the hard bit and then not responding with the right spot right bit smart darts there from Leonard leaves the finish and he will have at least six from there big last start from Danny could have been almost nine probably stay there because of the marker just over the top of that first startart 60 said he goes just over the top of the second Dart and drags it high this could be a chance for baggas to really put some pressure on yeah 140 here Hurtz not quite going to be there instead 57 not going to be ideal leaves the 160 well 50 left now 32 and we have ourselves a six to3 lead now for Gates over baggish it is a first to seven that was a break of throw so Leonard to close it out the only option on the table for Danny is to win every other leg 81 yep break hold break hold the only good news of that is the hold if it does go to last leg cider the bad news is the break hold break yeah that that whole middle bit it’s like the good news is that there’s a lot of good scenery at the top of the hill but the bad news you got to you got to walk up it so barring a Jeff Smith esque uh comeback here be Leonard Gates against the winner of Jeff Smith and Doug Bame 140 Doug taking out Alex Spelman six to five both of them a little bit lackluster in the averages in the performance yeah we’ve come to expect so much from from Alex 26 um and that’s not to say not from from Doug but but Alex especially well again we mentioned that his floor is higher than than most and so it’s shocking to see him have an 81 in there 81 and a half average especially in a big moment like that but Gates on 120 for the match it’s an awkward marker for him for the way it starts Lane but it goes in tops and Leonard Gates hits the 120 to win 7 to three average 90 well it’s that was the last start so I’m not going to even pay attention to that I’ve learned eventually [Music] there you go 98.5 eight for Gates baggage to the 83. 67 and uh our first semifinals is over so we are going to take a short break we’re going to see what um we do here on our mainstream board um we might come back with that second semi-final without commentary maybe with commentary we’re going to see what we what we do with that but either way stay with us we’ll be right back with that second semi final the cosmo darts classic right after this cool [Music] [Music] Luke Humphries mvg Michael Smith the best against the best the best against the best there is no sign of this Teenage Dream coming to an end it’s eight of the best and there is no hiding place [Music] let me tell you about a toz darts we’re a specialty dart store with over 10,000 different products we create in-depth video and blogs to help improve your game and showcase our products we give helpful advice on how to practice darts the fundamentals of 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Brownsburg Indiana for this second semifinal match of the 2024 Cosmo darts Classic this one taking place on our second streaming board but we’re going to bring you the commentary uh that we’ve had on the main stream all day long because the timings worked out beautifully for us to do this so when do it Gordon I’m Shan green with Gordon Dixon and uh we got ourselves a good good semi-final yeah maybe uh maybe one that we weren’t expecting I think uh um everybody on paper would have been looking at that uh Spellman ban Max match and uh and picking Spelman yep but uh Doug clearly doing a good job picking his spots um I don’t know what he averaged for the day but uh he’s probably relatively close to his average through that uh through that match match and caught Alex a little cold yeah I’m going to tell you that Doug has um been a Workman start player today on getting through um a lot of those matches um 21st overall and average and 81.1 14 the the timing the maybe the luck factor of things has really played in for Doug a little bit more to get maybe some players less than best at times but Doug can do that to players on his own with he’s a little bit more of a deliberate D player um he’s not slow by any stretch of imagination but um he’ll he’ll play with with pacing a little bit from time to time well and he the other thing he’s he’s consistent yep so if if he does catch you a little cold and you give him chances he will take them um now all of that said we have seen Doug blow people off the board uh before as well so uh it’s not just that he’s consistent he does have a pretty high ceiling and that’s the reason why um when he gets chances he can take them he has the highest average in Continental cup tour history um or finals history with a 106 and a half um they did two years ago as the 15 seed and that was against Jim long in the second round as Jeff Smith takes out leg number one and I can tell you right now Jim long wants both these guys to lose [Laughter] the gentleman is rooting for Soldier no he’ll he’ll be rooting for for most likely if Jeff Smith makes it there for his Canadian cohart I think I think Jeff Smith’s gonna get the tip uh on on that one but I’m excited to to have this second semi-final that we can bring you guys because um Doug has become one of those players kind of like Stow where um two years ago they were kind of outside looking in players Stow had to make the finals in two weekend or two of of the last three events in week weekend number four in Canada two years ago even to make the Continental cup that year and qualify as the 13 seed and then you’ve seen how he’s rolled from there and then Doug was the 15 seed um two years ago at the Contin cup tour finals and now uh has become less of a no-name and more of a name no certainly I mean uh um he’s a fixture that uh that keeps keeps popping up participating in the cross border um all of those things uh lend themselves to uh um continuing to have that stage experience and I know I’ve asked you this question earlier but I’m GNA ask you it one more time as Jeff Smith Doug and Leonard in the finals and Danny even uh do they have the advantage going into tonight’s US starts smch qualifier because they were able to run through the field today to top four um I think the the people that you named absolutely just because again they’re they’re going to feed off that confidence um I don’t think a long day of darts is something that’s uh out of the norm as we see uh Doug sliding that five brutal Dart not able to get a shot there that might have been a little bit too much aggression out of him he could just settled on getting that shot in the bull’s eye but instead he was looking at the treble as Jeff Smith does pick it off there yeah another third Dart finish those hurt those hurt hurt hurt specialty of Jeff Smith when he’s not on 36 with one Dart or with with three darts you know they don’t do it in the first but yeah these these guys I mean they’re they’re used to playing uh um the long two out of three day tournaments um at this point they’re used to playing two events in a day for the the CDC um so I don’t think it’s anything that uh um it’s out of the norm for them and knowing that they played well in the one before uh just means that uh they’ll be they’ll be that much sharper for the next one it’s also good news that Gates has gotten better as the event has gone on started off with an 86 average then an 85 average but then 90 then 92 and now he’s up to 98 and a half in that semi-final against baggish so he will most likely be firing on all C cylinders going into this final and I know I’ve mentioned this before he seems to always win here and indy at least one event throughout the weekend I think if you look back um 2023 he won event number three in Indie uh he won event number 12 in Indie uh so his two wins both came here uh in 2022 he won event number two in Indie that was his only win for the year uh in 2022 so if it’s in Indie something about this place Leonard likes Indie and Gates it’s like peas and carrots well and his his better half Ginger is actually working in Indie uh she’s a main part of our Indie darts Community now uh she’s been kind of a part of that for the last year or so and I think that’s a little bit more of comfortability too um it’s kind of a home away from home so to speak but we’ve mentioned also that we’re excited to have Jeff Smith back on tour whether or not he’s excited you know instead of being on the PDC but this is why he’s bringing top level darts you know he’s going to be one of those Main Stays that he’ll be a seated player before we know it um on tour this year well yeah he has a chance of going uh one for one in finals I like the double double opportunity there with the first event yep two for two in semi-finals uh this weekend if you include the Masters qualifier although that doesn’t help unless he does really well tonight if I really mind well I mean winning or getting the finals that might that might solidify that spot yeah Jeff Jeff will be Jeff will have his eyes on uh winning it out right no doubt and there he goes a 3oh lead early on for Jeff Smith against Doug Bane Doug was a was the part of the bracket uh the board that was running a slightly behind all day long uh that’s a 180 from Doug Bame who will continuously turn it on from time to time but Jeff Smith follows matches it beautifully with 140 yeah Jeff uh um definitely uh better timing thus far that’s why you see the uh the averages so close with actually even a a tip to to Doug um yet a 3-0 lead for for Jeff my goodness again Jeff Smith masterful there are a few players that that finish as well as Jeff Smith finishes consistently that scores as well as Jeff Smith scores pretty consistently it is why he was so good on the PDC circuit when he was when he had his tour card and was consistently in that top 64 it’s because even floor vents he can be consistent he’s steady it well and I really liked it too because I mean it it kept it kept North America uh at the tip of everyone’s tongue yep it was it was nice to have another North American that was uh that was scary absolutely I mean we had John par for a long time um and uh yeah now we’re just we’re adding to that roster slowly but surely but also effectively um and I think the way that that we’re growing the sport here in North America that with these events continuously giving these players the opportunity to do this good check out there from Doug to get the first leg on the board it’s just a hold to throw but it’s a needed hold to throw yeah nice and clean that’s that’s what you hope for that’ll settle him in and of course I love the homage to Dennis Priestley that Doug Bame has with that Jersey design with the no-name moniker on the back he’s now also trying to get into the patent uh pending opportunity here with his ban bags I saw uh I think I saw something on uh online for that he just touched it right there it it’s a he he designed it himself it if you use any chalk or resin or anything like that to help grip your darts uh those ban bags have that same effect without leaving any type of residue whatsoever on your darts or hands which is really cool for a lot of players that are typically used to having chalk all the way down their legs uh from swipe marks at the end of the day yep or honestly that it uh kind of collects in the uh in the neurals of the dart as well but while Doug was over at modus he was showing that off to the players there and and all that and if you try it I I’ve not heard bad things from people who try it that use any of those other types of formats uh to to help grip their Dart but even he he won’t tell anyone what’s what the secret is of of that what the the secret ingredients are look at this look at this beautifully timed 180 from Doug you see the reaction Jeff would love to smack this it’s not going to happen doesn’t even put Max pressure and 150 is one of those checkouts that Jeff likes more than others because he can go trouble 18 trouble 20 for double 18 single six 16 so he’ll stay there double tap and he’s right back on throw now breaks the throw of Jeff Smith it’s now three to two and Jeff gives a little little r smile in the background it Doug is very animated as a dart player um even with how calm cool and collected he seems at the line and he jokes around that he takes mannerisms from a lot of different Dart players because he watches so much so many darts um bad rounds he has certain mannerisms that are very similar to other Dart players and those good rounds are are the same way and I always joke that it only took one Dart player to look to the left to celebrate before all of them started doing oh yeah yeah yeah it makes sense on the PDC stage because that’s where the camera is located and also where family is typically sitting um when they look to the left after a big round here it’s at nothing and I need you guys to all understand that yep it is at a uh black canvased wall but we all do it still oh absolutely kind a second nature be so weird to look to the right once after like soing a big moment 3 to two score line favoring Jeff Smith still but the momentum shifting slightly towards Bame and he’ll have six starts from 241 yeah my favorite is uh one of Lefty has to turn all the way around to to give one to the camera well Danny Lobby actually is one of those interesting players that does something a little bit different than most because he throws left handed he grabs the darts with his right hand but then he spins to face the player as he like exits which is just not typically what players expect to see as the their opponent’s face right before they they shoot the dart and I don’t know if that ever does affect opponents or not I would it affect you to have that happen in front of you uh oh no 32 here it comes and he hits the big 149 checkout I bet a lot of people heard that that are not um that are just sitting in that room and Jeff nods his head theend day it’s as if they’ve all just stayed chalk on throw it’s new ball game now it’s just a race to four I don’t know if I like this from Doug I don’t know if I like the calm down I think he I think sometimes he throws better with that adrenaline boost just kidding I like the calm down from Doug it’s really working out well from him little golf clap on that one yeah yeah yeah it’s like he’s talking himself into playing well it’s working yeah no it’s it’s it’s wonderful to watch the last time Jeff was in that area throwing darts was the comeback against Jim long and Doug I love Doug cuz he tells you exactly about his throw when when he when you give him a second to talk about it he hates he’s throwing sadly when that first Dart is below that wire even though his darts stack when it’s below the wire of the triple 20 uh he he has stated more of than not that he’s not throwing his best if he’s right above that wire on the triple 20 that’s that’s more his that’s when he’s feeling good so you’re seeing it drop below on that first startart often Jeff switching down for 96 bad kiss and by the way love that you’re cynical on everything that a dart player tells you um because You’ be like yeah I don’t believe that at all it’s just uh if it’s there or there it’s fine but you’re also the type of dark player that never overthought anything you wouldn’t look at brackets you wouldn’t you wouldn’t really feed into any of that well yeah be because I know that I’m I know that I’m weak-minded so as soon as I get in my own head it’s uh it’s I’ve given the game away sorry I didn’t mean for you to have to mention that no no no no it’s yeah it is what it is I I’m uh I I Know Myself uh great first startart from dog for four on the Trot Jeff G to give it a little puppy dog side eye there he’s going to get a look at this 103 yeah this to hold throw 52 32 oh that would have been a huge huge huge check out I was anxious to see what Jeff did if that went in if he was going to start giving it back I like that or if it was just a a pull and and walk back there I have a feeling it was just going to be a pull and walk back there uh like I know you haven’t been here before but I have um thanks but uh but uh that’s not how it worked out Doug Bame up for three yes he is and that’s another break of throw he’s won four straight including two breaks a throw of Jeff Smith and his first three darts have been mvg phenomenal yeah they’ve they’ve absolutely been uh one of one of the biggest weapons that uh that he’s got as he throws in another 180 to start the round and I don’t know if he’s jammed to the music that’s in the the dart Hall as well there is definitely more sound out there than there is in our in our main streaming room it’s mainly the reason why you don’t hear a board mic or anything out there because it would be useless we wouldn’t be able to use any of the any of the footage for copyright violations it’s so big last start triple from Doug 97 scored there so setup shot be at a finish in nine darts needs to find the trouble and only 41 so door is slightly a jar door is opening not so much didn’t have quite enough oomph to get all the way so Doug will have six starts from 199 but he needs to find a big trouble and he does not Advantage Smith see what he thought about that well if not A52 finish may be the sealer even though it’s uh it’s two legs away from the Finish oh this goes though the animation’s going to be way bigger he does hit it and Doug does give it a little bit bigger and all Jeff can do is kind of smile at it because it’s A52 check out from Doug Bame to hold his throw would take a five to three lead but Jeff Jeff is cool common collected oh yeah I I like the reactions from Jeff no fist bump or anything on uh on that one um I don’t know if you noticed right there he did step back and say something to Doug though because I think Doug like kept up kind of the the excited talk there as as Jeff threw his first Dart just kind of steep back to be like hey and I think that’s going to settle Doug back in too yeah so you think he said something to correct him no no no I don’t think he was saying something the correct I think he just kind of stepped back and I I saw him moving and talking about something so I’m going to guess that it was probably not towards the Chalker right as it was the first start of the leg uh so my assumption would be that it was towards Doug a little bit just to be like all right come on man you know let’s getting more and more animated oh yeah it’s tough to say that it’s not going to help him it has so far it’s also been his ability to also settle himself down before throwing three darts just like this you will switch down to the 19s there stay there oh little unlucky there not able to find a treble Jeff Smith six darts at least from 187 and that will do just nicely 50 when he returns let’s thr the first start at it Jeff just to do it never turn around and give him the full can of beans that would be the only way that he would trash talk just do something like that and then just walk back he did he just shot at it for a start you see the out anyway yep he sure did I’m telling you that is Jeff’s version of trash talking I don’t disagree whatsoever do not disagree whatsoever I mean I I feel like it would be like if he had 120 he’ shoot three double tops and Doug goes right back with a 180 afterwards they’re giving it to each other I’m telling you right now this is a cheeky match it really is again Jeff not bothered though 54 score line in favor of Bame only 60 chance for Jeff to catch up a little bit oh and he’s going to spray him he’s going to spray him yeah breakfast was about seven hours ago Jeff now’s not the time and again Doug following that first start pretty nicely leaves 136 Jeff only a steady ton there again so at least six darts he is going to need him love the trouble here doesn’t find it drugs it off 76 remains when he comes back and Jeff put pressure on it needs a couple trebles to do so or the bullseye does not get either of that so barring anything crazy it should be six to four double eight and he does find it right inside it was inside it was inside he almost expected the 177 right yeah I thought that was going to be 40 unfortunately for Jeff no one misses double four and he doesn’t man that was a bold move cotton it paid off for you six to four leave now for Bame so Jeff in another position where he has to win all of the legs left in this match however it’s the more beneficial way of doing it yes hold break hold dead Bame finding the treble and that’s a 180 I don’t even think he knows what he’s doing with his hands anymore and Jeff speeding up a little bit on the throw big last you see that it’s only a ton but that’s so big from from Doug especially after the 180 open Jeff down the board 137 Doug another solid ton puts him one treble away from a finish two troubles here oh that’s huge for Doug to make his first CD main event final ever right here the only other final he was made is the Continental cup tour Final in 2022 12 for bull Bullseye for the match oh he thought it was in when it left his hand absolutely he thought he smoked that Jeffs likes this 108 he went back a different way than I thought he was going to completely yeah 68 for Tops seen him uh I would have thought he would gone Tri 18 18 for double 18 should be 82 scored yep so 25 for Doug for the match and a spot against Leonard gates in the final and it is going to be Doug Bame versus Leonard gates in the final and I don’t know if Jeff was being serious about what he just said to Doug Doug laughed it off but I think Jeff was a little bit more serious than than uh than Doug was but uh you saw AE right there but look at that it’s going to be no-name Doug Bame we still have a picture of him with his USA soccer jersey and that hair that he just got wisping taking on Leonard gates in our final so stay tuned everyone we’ll be right back 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his first Soldier Leonard Gates versus no-name Doug Bame I’m Sean green your play commentator and I’m joined once again by my partner in comms Gordon Dixon Gordon no name trying to solidify his name in the Records books of CDC history yes uh trying to as you noted uh trying to get the first W on the board uh in the in the main tour not uh one of the uh the special events not that those don’t count um but uh certainly something that uh uh that he wants to uh as you said solidify where uh where he comes uh in in the roll call here yeah absolutely if we’re talking about momentum right I would say that if Doug would have played the first semi-final the momentum would favor Leonard but because Doug played the second semi-final and had such a high level high energy win against Jeff Smith I feel like he has to have some sort of momentum boost here that being said it’s Gates yep I I like where you’re going with this uh because I I don’t disagree at all um in terms of what uh um what he needs to do but I will say that because he was so good at settling himself down um last time uh I can’t expect that that’s not going to be the case uh again I mean he was literally doing it shot to shot he can certainly do it uh here with uh um with with Gates and eight 10 minutes worth of uh 100 uh going to the bathroom taking a drink whatever whatever it is to uh to get him geeked up for it well I’ll say soldier prepares himself for moments like this he he’s always um practicing to himself he kind of he doesn’t really do anything crazy elevated at any point in time so that he can be ready for moments like this in the final of a major event like the CDC uh Cosmo DS classic Doug definitely has the highs and lows of of of his game that he kind of wears directly on his face from time to time and more so but I’m I’m excited for this one Leonard always performs well in Indie and he definitely always performs well in the finals in Indie so it’s going to be a tough task for Doug yeah I I think uh um again Doug Doug has taken the chances that he needed when he needed it and he just he played a great match against uh Jeff Smith um he he caught Alex Spelman uh a little cold but uh umy oh big six one check out from Gage to start off this one the highest checkout we’ve seen on our stream today such a good shot sorry but no no no no I I mean I was I was just kind of recapping what what we’ve seen from Doug um I just think he’s gonna have to have another Jeff Smith um kind of performance he’s not gonna be able to catch Leonard cold and I know saying that now after watching him take out the 161 uh probably looks a little uh silly but uh um that’s that’s just what I expected here um I don’t think that this is going to be a uh uh back and forth Miss double Fest I would agree with that completely uh that being said the only time Doug is has even really kissed the averages that Leonard has from time to time was in that semi-final the 94.55% Gates could do that with with Bame in the 90s yep uh to be completely honest um but you you have a dangerous player that’s been taking his chances all day so while I don’t expect anything less than Leonard throwing his best I can’t expect anything less than Doug Taking Chances man you in this timing of what you say versus what happens is just masterful it is why you’re an ESPN commentator bullseye for Leonard Gates and I’m just a regular average average day Joe uh I appreciate you throwing out my uh my Accolade there two time two times thank you thank you 99 score uh Leonard just missing the bull there this is something that uh Doug would need to to get himself going great start oh beautiful double 10 oh he would have rang him up he would have rang him up but instead solders going to get two darts at a double unless something crazy happens it’s going to be at Double eight and a break a throw and he hits double four cuz no one misses double four no one misses double four I keep telling you so I just got to leave myself double four let me write that down for later on once again this is the final 99 of the cosmo darts classic here in Brownsburg Indiana we are a little bit more than an hour away from the start of the US darts Masters qualifier number two where we will solidify all of the spots uh going to Madison Square Garden in a couple weeks to take on the best in the world that the PDC has to offer 180 and that’s a 180 from Leonard Gates both these guys not qualified for that so I know that that’s going to be something on the line for both of them 140 and a nice response from Doug however Leonard out in front 58 right there right there just not able to find a trouble huge shout out once again to our scoring officials the official scoring officials that we’ve had on our streaming boards Anthony Eugenia on swiming Board number two all day long uh taking on that role and then of course Sarah stolinas here as Gates was trying to hit another Bullseye check out yeah he missed one in the second leg hit the six1 in the first leg it would have been too much to ask of him to to get the 164 39 and you can see the momentum immediately killed uh by Leonard honestly 18 scored got 48 left should be 16 double 16 eight double tap there’s Leonard just making sure the math is correct for him 32 and he hits it and I’m telling you for most people you having the math down not being able to like take time to have to refocus after doing the math and whatever most people will be affected by that Leonard has this is nothing against he has gotten used to that type of situation to where it now is something that he handles with honestly Grace when it happens now he he certainly doesn’t know what he has and he’s practiced at it well you said a little bit harsher than I did uh but it’s it’s part of the game right it it only affects you if it affects you and for him yes there are definitely times where it affects him but it’s usually because he’s too good you know you don’t get the moniker Lenny too many with by being not good enough perhaps one of the best things Wayne martle has ever said I’m pretty sure that was Dan Dawson oh was it I think it was Dan I feel like he was the only one who had the guts to call him Lenny that does sound like a Dan now that I’m saying it out loud that does sound like a Dan Dawson uh oh there’s the first what a shot what a shot popped the champagne bottle cuz that’s a 132 checkout from pame and again he starts to give it a little [Laughter] bit even looked back in the back camera oh Doug and again his opponent not affected by it 123 from Gates and again Doug Back finding it he just likes to get down three legs and then he’s fine yeah and then he’ll uh then he’ll start playing don’t play any races to three anytime soon Doug 41 it is such a pretty finish so Doug now up over the uh the ton and uh as you mentioned uh we know we can 100 I know Doug knows we that he can uh maintain this level he has before in the on a a bigger stake at the Contin little cup has average 106 in that before right now both players well over a 100 I don’t know how anyone watching along can sit here and look at this and be like North American darts you know like this is as high quality as you’re going to get 177 big 177 to leave 20 for Gates if Doug doesn’t take out this one two1 look at these guys he’ll get a look it’s at the bowl oh and just on on The Wire 96 and I can tell I’m starting to get louder than normal because I’m starting to hear an echo that I’m that I’m not used to in this room first Dart no drama Leonard Gates pops it 4-1 race to seven look at these averages folks about as high class as you’re going to find anywhere around the world and another 180 from Bame it’s almost like if I lose throwing this okay and he might cuz Gates Right fires right back what a match yeah and I said he could win 70 with Bame averaging in the 90s um and he may be able to win 71 with Bame averaging over 100 he’s he’s getting close to that 110 Mark but so is Gates oh this so awesome what is happening right now great great to see and again we got to give credit to these uh these players but 171 the CDC cultivating this kind of uh competition you have to shoot at the 10 right I don’t know after that last start maybe not but you should shoot at the 10 right all right let’s see what he does here does he go for the 10 or does he shoot at the 10 he goes for the 10 I knew it there was no doubt double eight it’s only good though if you if it pays off for you and leard doesn’t take out the 139 behind you oh this would be dirty it will not it’s not gonna happen 62 to do trip 10 leaves 52 87 and Doug step back take a drink we’re just step back for a second big moment here again it’s just a hold to throw but in and with the pressure that’s happening right now nothing yeah you can’t nothing to Gim me right now that was a 13 Dart hole to throw and it seemed like there was nothing in that for either player 107.3 three plays a 106.0 6 six legs in yeah it’s not like this is leg number one or something guys 100 Soldier arguably the greatest Senior Tour player of all time I mean he has to be he’s the only one that has all three Majors right yes look at that look at that parody 12 somehow after six and a half legs they have the exact same average well I know how they don’t miss the treble 20 neither of them 100 even that was a shocking 100 Gates jump shoots that one in there needs a 140 at least not going to get it 100 161 plays 180 Leonard has six starts from here does he shoot at it anyway yeah he would have that would have been a second time taking it out if he would have hit it 137 great darts from Soldier once again setting up for another 13 Darter and Doug sets up for a 13 darter two game shot and Gates does hit the 13 these averages might just continue to go up at this point Bud 5-2 lead for Gates and Doug Bame is averaging 10 19.23 and he’s down 5-2 absolutely staggering staggering level here in the final it’s got to have everybody worried in the qualifier he just 125 he’s just gotten into a Groove both of them The Trebles have to look gigantic to both players right now I mean we’re probably treading on 140 highest average to lose in the CDC oh for sure no matter which way it goes my my statistician Mark lome is usually very much on top of that for me9 excuse me uh um but I will definitely tell you that this has got to be the best highest combined average I mean we still have a ways to go but uh at this point if it continues on this way 77 Doug with a 77 there 104 he did something that’s always okay to do it’s always okay just to call out what you hit if it’s a weird math situation especially if you find your scoring official just not having to take an extra second 45 oh it’s going to crush his average probably the first 45 we’ve seen what it’s actually going to crush though it might be the match for him 99 because Gates now stealing the throw from Doug once again yeah he’s not even on finish after 12 get out of here 97 97 from Bame what a standard we are being treated to here and Gates is going to do this in 14 maybe 15 oh he misses two doubles and gives Doug a little bit of reprieve Doug’s been doing it all day taking his chances again no reason to think he’s not going to again 82 left for Doug 68 dou seven I think just making sure yep oh and he comes inside 75 so double six for Gates first Dart that is the first 16 darter that we’ve seen overall and a six to2 lead now for Gates both of them still well over a ton 45 Gates did Spirit hands as he walked to the board there I think I think he was trying to get rid of the uh the bad spirits and set that it’s his first 45 of the match yeah what do they do if they don’t hit troubles I don’t think they know right now yeah this is very strange for them 45 this is like the Soviet team being down on the last minute of a of a game they don’t know what to do what do I do with my hands what do I do with my hands 60 Soldier has two troubless visits in a row there there’s the there’s the big scoring visit we needed back on the train yeah Gates Again starting to fire it in himself big 140 140 they took they took six darts off a piece now they’re over it 96 Gates looking for another treble that would have left him a better finish but he’ll have 156 he’s already hit the 161 in the match you want talk about a tone Setter that that turned out to be Doug needs to find one and doesn’t so Gates has six from 156 for the title I thought he might want to do it in style 60 but nope God forbid Soldier I’m just kidding this has been the a crazy crazy crazy level from both players yeah and and I mean the good part is I mean Doug’s Gonna Come Away with this um not feeling bad at all I guarantee you he’s uh he knows what he was up against here there’s nothing to be ashamed of and I mean it’s not over but uh um 76 you see you see the shake of the head there from Doug like oh I might get a shot here he’s going to get a shot here but uh he’s going to have to fade some darts uh for the for the win uh By the time this is all over game shot but he’s alive right now and that’s a break of throw this could be six to four before you know it and he’s only one break of throw uh from this point and a couple holds from making it a 66 go to last leg decider oh look at him firing right back in 140 60 he did work it up to a hold break hold instead of break hold break needs to settle down get back into that trouble 26 140 a big 140 back from Soldier as soon as uh he sees his opponent make a little error he’s pouncing on it 140 but Doug matches it very nicely got to fill it up 180 and that’s a 180 from Leonard Gates he will be the first look at the finish at 121 after nine yeah he started this match with a 161 can he find a shot 121 to polish it off and look at those averages he started on the bowl does he finish it on the bowl he will not 97 but he will come back with 24 if Doug doesn’t take out this 96 you mean Doug I take my chances Bane double nine you mean Doug I take my chance this be oh no so Gates a opportunity for a 13 Dart Victory here and he does it in 14 for the match and the title Leonard Gates 7even to3 victory over Doug Bame and uh cheers to them for that bad boy yeah 103 plays 10 2 or almost 104 plays almost 102 7 to3 Leonard Gates wire to wire absolutely stunning 161 checkout we’ve had a we had a 132 checkout with two double Bulls oh yeah that was the real champagne shot that he hit there and huge huge huge hats off congratulations to Leonard Gates um odds on not one of the favorites to win this event getting it done I hope all 100 of those listen they’re $20 tickets if I’m telling you if I was in one of those States and I saw those odds and I didn’t pick that I would be kicking myself right now because there was an opportunity missed for sure but Leonard Gates continues his successful run in Indie as our event number one winner here the cosmo darts classic so he starts off the year uh right where he wants to on top yeah uh absolutely incredible now um I said that you couldn’t or that you couldn’t look past this at the uh at the qualifier yep um Leonard is going to be going into that with so much confidence just coming off of what he just did there he probably knows that he may not even have to win he just needs to get top four or into the final uh to secure that uh that spot um I can’t wait to see um what he does in this uh in this qualifier I mean we’re not going to cover it but um following along for sure on dark connect absolutely along with Doug as well I again uh that was that may be one of the only two or three people in the room that that could have done that in that spot to uh to turn him over yeah 102.7 six for Gates a 102.2 for Doug Bame uh my goodness Leonard Gates starts off with a classic here at the cosmo classic congratulations to him I believe our next step to do is to send us back in the room just to get a couple pictures us them behind the scenes there of L David I but um my goodness that’ll do it for us here today I incredible uh we we are going to be back here live for the conclu or for the conclusion of the weekend tomorrow starting at 11:00 a.m. last night was historic as David Cameron booked his spot tonight will be historic as we get two other qualifiers through and um my goodness we’re going to find out what happens tomorrow thank you so much for watching along with us this weekend from El David IIT Peter satera Jeff good and Anthony Eugenia and the rest of the CDC staff have an absolutely wonderful wonderful evening and we will see you back in Action tomorrow at 11: a.m.
6 Comments
Wtf
Why switch from Smith? Lol unreal
Well guys, 85-90 points a round is good then 90-95 wins these tournaments but when you shoot the PDC your out in a match or 2.
Nice Darts!
Changing games on a last leg decider??????? The guy who did that sucks
This is the first tournament I've ever seen Gates play with reflex points