Dave Chisnall defied a spectacular nine-darter from Luke Humphries to claim his third European Tour title of 2023 in an astonishing Hungarian Darts Trophy final on Sunday. He’s won two events - Players Championships 13 and 22 - but more noticeably he reached both the final of the World Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts losing to the two Michaels at the head of the outright betting for the Worlds. He started slow in both those so if he does venture that far, he’ll need to improve on that for sure. The action continues on Saturday March 5 with the fifth and sixth rounds across two sessions, before Sunday's action is played out on the Main Stage.

Player entries have been confirmed for this weekend's Players Championship double-header in Barnsley, along with the 16 seeded players for ET5-6. Humphries looked poised to triumph at the MVM Dome after moving 7-5 ahead with his first big stage nine-darter – the first on the European Tour since Chisnall’s perfect leg at last year’s Belgian Darts Open. The seasonal stats favour Aspinall and at times, when he finds his rhythm his maximum hitting is unbelievable. He should have too much in this one despite admitting he sometimes switches off in matches.Humphries posted another ton-plus average to whitewash Luke Woodhouse in the last eight, before averaging 103 and landing seven 180s in his semi-final success against Gerwyn Price. This could be a real gritty game in which I slightly favour Campbell. Neither are notorious 180 hitters though and from a betting angle that’s something worth noting. The most entertaining part of Cameron Menzies' debut 3-1 victory over Diogo Portela was his range of exasperated facial expressions.

His seasonal average of 97.26 is comfortably in the top 10 and his 180 per leg ratio of 0.38 is by far the most prolific on tour, while he's also brought up the 'match treble' in almost 36% of this matches - that's higher than anyone else this year. Ryan Searle, James Wade, Martin Schindler, Stephen Bunting, Krzysztof Ratajski, Gabriel Clemens, Chris Dobey That should help him play in a more relaxed frame of mind against Humphries but his average of 88.55 wasn't actually too much less than what we'd expect from him based on his seasonal figures. He opens up against the dangerous Danny Noppert, who won his second Players Championship event of the season on Thursday, while Krzysztof Ratajski will be brimming with belief after his European Tour triumph earlier this month.However, I just question his mental endurance over long format matches because he hasn't had a big run on TV since reaching the 2022 World Championship semi-finals - and even that was a bolt from the blue after a quiet year. I always fancy my chances to win a TV title,” added Chisnall, who missed double 12 for a nine-darter of his own earlier in the evening. A potential show-stopper closes the night as two of the most popular players in darts history collide for the 27th time. There were also quarter-final appearance at the World Matchplay and he also reached the same stage of the recent Players Championship Finals after coming through the match of the season against Ryan Searle, averaging 112 in the process! The PDC European Tour season will conclude with the German Darts Championship in Hildesheim next month, as 48 players compete across three days of action from October 13-15.

Main Stage action will begin with two round one ties, including 2016 semi-finalist Jelle Klaasen against Mark Rice in a battle of two Rileys Qualifiers, as well as former World Youth Champion Bradley Brooks up against Rowby-John Rodriguez. Tour Card Holder Qualifiers for ET5-6 will be played on Monday March 13 at the Barnsley Metrodome, with entries for both events also available below. Looking to create your own darts den at home? Read our ‘How To Create The Ultimate Home Darts Setup’ for some useful tips. You can also customise your darts with a new set of dart flights and dart shafts and take your game to the next level with our range of dart accessories. If you have chosen the Express Courier option, we take every effort to ensure your items leave within 24 hours. However, during the busy season, this guarantee has to be extended to within 48 hours. Smith is a student of the game, admitting he analyses both his own and his opponents statistics and I like that. He identified areas of strengths and weaknesses in his opponents last year and knows what he must do and/or take advantage of if he’s to advance.The world's top 32 enter the event in Friday evening's fourth round, including reigning champion James Wade, world number one Gerwyn Price and former UK Open champions Peter Wright, Michael van Gerwen, Gary Anderson and Nathan Aspinall. Odds to win the quarter: Price 5/4, Aspinall 3/1, Noppert 8/1, Ratajski 12/1, Wade 12/1, Schindler 14/1, Van Barneveld 14/1, Bunting 14/1 He's reached the Last 16 on the European Tour twice this year and on all known evidence he should have way too much for his Ukrainian opponent here to set up a second round tie against the number one seed Gerwyn Price. Across all three events this past week, he averaged over 100 in 13 of his 18 matches - including five between 107 and 112 - and he's desperate to land this title for the first time. He played very well in that tournament, defeating European champion Ross Smith 5-4 in his opener before losing to Michael Van Gerwen in his second game. He then lost his crunch third game of the group to Nathan Rafferty 5-4 despite averaging 101.26. These short format games can be brutal at times.

I would love to play Luke in every final! He is a phenomenal dart player,” reflected Chisnall, who has now won six European Tour titles in five different countries. Odds to win the quarter: Smith 7/4, Cross 7/2, Van Duijvenbode 9/2, Anderson 11/2, De Sousa 12/1, Gilding 16/1, Rydz 16/1, Dolan 22/1 Probably one to swerve and I wouldn't want to delve into the 180s markets as they are very evenly-matched for maximums per leg this year. Koltsov withdrew on Monday after the draw had been made. As such, his second round opponent, Brian Raman, receives a Bye. Unterbuchner's withdrawal last week sees Scott Waites receive a Bye in the first round.

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His performances in majors this year have been disappointing although there were signs of promise when averaging 99 in a very entertaining 10-7 defeat to Luke Humphries at the Players Championship Finals. The Belgian came through three deciding-leg ties in his opening four matches, edging out second seed Luke Humphries after dispatching Luc Peters with a ton-topping average.