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01 Jul 2009
INFORMATION and links to follow the PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic VIII.
The televised stages of the tournament begin on Wednesday July 1 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Play is screened live on Sky Sports in the UK from Wednesday-Sunday.
PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic Blogs
Rob Miech from the Las Vegas Sun newspaper is reporting each day from the Mandalay Bay Resort
Read his Blogs here
Blog on Jelle Klaasen
Blog on Phil Taylor
Blog on Gary Anderson
Blog on Peter Manley
Blog from Round Two
Blog from Quarter-Finals
Blog on Phil Taylor
PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic
Schedule of Play
Sunday June 28 - 12pm
Qualifiers Day One - Six Players Qualify (Best of nine legs throughout)
Click here for results
Monday June 29 - 12pm
Qualifiers Day Two - Six Players Qualify (Best of nine legs throughout)
Click here for results
Tuesday June 30 - 12pm
Las Vegas Players Championship
Click here for results
Click here for First Round Draw & Tournament Bracket
Wednesday July 1 - 11am-3pm
First Round - Eight Games (Best of 11 legs)
Dennis Priestley 6-1 Colin Monk
Alan Tabern 3-6 Wes Newton
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Peter Wright
Ronnie Baxter 2-6 Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins 6-1 Simon Whitlock
Phil Taylor 6-3 Jamie Caven
Wayne Mardle 2-6 Gary Anderson
John Part 6-2 Scott Burnett
Click here for reports
Thursday July 2 - 11am-3pm
First Round - Eight Games (Best of 11 legs)
Mervyn King 6-3 Louis Blundell
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Chris White
Mark Walsh 4-6 Peter Manley
Colin Osborne 4-6 Co Stompe
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Bill Davis
James Wade 6-3 Phillip Hazel
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Kevin Painter 6-2 Darin Young
Click here for reports
Friday July 3 - 10.30am-5pm
Second Round (Best of 15 legs)
James Wade 8-4 Andy Hamilton
Phil Taylor 8-0 Dennis Priestley
Adrian Lewis 8-1 Peter Manley
John Part 8-7 Jelle Klaasen
Wes Newton 3-8 Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld 8-2 Co Stompe
Terry Jenkins 8-3 Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King 8-7 Kevin Painter
Click here for reports
Saturday July 4 - 11am-3pm
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
John Part 10-8 Terry Jenkins
Raymond van Barneveld 10-1 Mervyn King
Phil Taylor 10-6 Gary Anderson
James Wade 10-6 Adrian Lewis
Click here for reports
Sunday July 5 - 11am-3pm
Semi-Finals (best of 21 legs)
Phil Taylor 11-1 John Part
James Wade 6-11 Raymond van Barneveld
followed by
Final (best of 25 legs)
Phil Taylor 13-11 Raymond van Barneveld
Click here for reports
Prize Fund
Winner £30,000
Runner-Up £15,000
Semi-Finalists £10,000
Quarter-Finalists £7,250
Second Round Losers £5,000
First Round Losers £3,000
Qualifiers Total £18,000
Total £200,000
Tournament Field
PDC Order of Merit top 16 (at June 8 2009): Phil Taylor (seed 1), James Wade (2), Raymond van Barneveld (3), John Part (4), Terry Jenkins (5), Mervyn King (6), Adrian Lewis (7), Alan Tabern (8), Dennis Priestley, Ronnie Baxter, Colin Lloyd, Wayne Mardle Colin Osborne, Kevin Painter, Andy Hamilton, Mark Walsh
North American Order of Merit Qualifiers: Darin Young, Scott Burnett, Chris White, Bill Davis
Qualifiers: Gary Anderson, Louis Blundell, Jamie Caven, Phillip Hazel, Jelle Klaasen, Peter Manley, Colin Monk, Wes Newton, Co Stompe, Vincent van der Voort, Simon Whitlock, Peter Wright
Draw & Tournament Bracket
The PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic will be played in a bracket format, with the top eight players from the PDC Order of Merit at June 8 2009, following the Blue Square UK Open, seeded.
The players ranked 1-16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically and were drawn against the four North American Order of Merit qualifiers and 12 qualifiers for the first round draw.
Phil Taylor (1) v Jamie Caven
Dennis Priestley v Colin Monk
Alan Tabern (8) v Wes Newton
Wayne Mardle v Gary Anderson
John Part (4) v Scott Burnett
Ronnie Baxter v Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins (5) v Simon Whitlock
Colin Lloyd v Peter Wright
James Wade (2) v Phillip Hazel
Andy Hamilton v Chris White
Adrian Lewis (7) v Vincent van der Voort
Mark Walsh v Peter Manley
Raymond van Barneveld (3) v Bill Davis
Colin Osborne v Co Stompe
Mervyn King (6) v Louis Blundell
Kevin Painter v Darin Young
The televised stages of the tournament begin on Wednesday July 1 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
Play is screened live on Sky Sports in the UK from Wednesday-Sunday.
PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic Blogs
Rob Miech from the Las Vegas Sun newspaper is reporting each day from the Mandalay Bay Resort
Read his Blogs here
Blog on Jelle Klaasen
Blog on Phil Taylor
Blog on Gary Anderson
Blog on Peter Manley
Blog from Round Two
Blog from Quarter-Finals
Blog on Phil Taylor
PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic
Schedule of Play
Sunday June 28 - 12pm
Qualifiers Day One - Six Players Qualify (Best of nine legs throughout)
Click here for results
Monday June 29 - 12pm
Qualifiers Day Two - Six Players Qualify (Best of nine legs throughout)
Click here for results
Tuesday June 30 - 12pm
Las Vegas Players Championship
Click here for results
Click here for First Round Draw & Tournament Bracket
Wednesday July 1 - 11am-3pm
First Round - Eight Games (Best of 11 legs)
Dennis Priestley 6-1 Colin Monk
Alan Tabern 3-6 Wes Newton
Colin Lloyd 6-3 Peter Wright
Ronnie Baxter 2-6 Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins 6-1 Simon Whitlock
Phil Taylor 6-3 Jamie Caven
Wayne Mardle 2-6 Gary Anderson
John Part 6-2 Scott Burnett
Click here for reports
Thursday July 2 - 11am-3pm
First Round - Eight Games (Best of 11 legs)
Mervyn King 6-3 Louis Blundell
Andy Hamilton 6-1 Chris White
Mark Walsh 4-6 Peter Manley
Colin Osborne 4-6 Co Stompe
Raymond van Barneveld 6-2 Bill Davis
James Wade 6-3 Phillip Hazel
Adrian Lewis 6-5 Vincent van der Voort
Kevin Painter 6-2 Darin Young
Click here for reports
Friday July 3 - 10.30am-5pm
Second Round (Best of 15 legs)
James Wade 8-4 Andy Hamilton
Phil Taylor 8-0 Dennis Priestley
Adrian Lewis 8-1 Peter Manley
John Part 8-7 Jelle Klaasen
Wes Newton 3-8 Gary Anderson
Raymond van Barneveld 8-2 Co Stompe
Terry Jenkins 8-3 Colin Lloyd
Mervyn King 8-7 Kevin Painter
Click here for reports
Saturday July 4 - 11am-3pm
Quarter-Finals (Best of 19 legs)
John Part 10-8 Terry Jenkins
Raymond van Barneveld 10-1 Mervyn King
Phil Taylor 10-6 Gary Anderson
James Wade 10-6 Adrian Lewis
Click here for reports
Sunday July 5 - 11am-3pm
Semi-Finals (best of 21 legs)
Phil Taylor 11-1 John Part
James Wade 6-11 Raymond van Barneveld
followed by
Final (best of 25 legs)
Phil Taylor 13-11 Raymond van Barneveld
Click here for reports
Prize Fund
Winner £30,000
Runner-Up £15,000
Semi-Finalists £10,000
Quarter-Finalists £7,250
Second Round Losers £5,000
First Round Losers £3,000
Qualifiers Total £18,000
Total £200,000
Tournament Field
PDC Order of Merit top 16 (at June 8 2009): Phil Taylor (seed 1), James Wade (2), Raymond van Barneveld (3), John Part (4), Terry Jenkins (5), Mervyn King (6), Adrian Lewis (7), Alan Tabern (8), Dennis Priestley, Ronnie Baxter, Colin Lloyd, Wayne Mardle Colin Osborne, Kevin Painter, Andy Hamilton, Mark Walsh
North American Order of Merit Qualifiers: Darin Young, Scott Burnett, Chris White, Bill Davis
Qualifiers: Gary Anderson, Louis Blundell, Jamie Caven, Phillip Hazel, Jelle Klaasen, Peter Manley, Colin Monk, Wes Newton, Co Stompe, Vincent van der Voort, Simon Whitlock, Peter Wright
Draw & Tournament Bracket
The PartyPoker.net Las Vegas Desert Classic will be played in a bracket format, with the top eight players from the PDC Order of Merit at June 8 2009, following the Blue Square UK Open, seeded.
The players ranked 1-16 in the PDC Order of Merit qualified automatically and were drawn against the four North American Order of Merit qualifiers and 12 qualifiers for the first round draw.
Phil Taylor (1) v Jamie Caven
Dennis Priestley v Colin Monk
Alan Tabern (8) v Wes Newton
Wayne Mardle v Gary Anderson
John Part (4) v Scott Burnett
Ronnie Baxter v Jelle Klaasen
Terry Jenkins (5) v Simon Whitlock
Colin Lloyd v Peter Wright
James Wade (2) v Phillip Hazel
Andy Hamilton v Chris White
Adrian Lewis (7) v Vincent van der Voort
Mark Walsh v Peter Manley
Raymond van Barneveld (3) v Bill Davis
Colin Osborne v Co Stompe
Mervyn King (6) v Louis Blundell
Kevin Painter v Darin Young
