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You might know the answer to this.
When Aspinall beat Price he had a 92 finish.
It would seem triple 20, double 16 would be the obvious route.
His finish was: 25, 17, bull.
That seems an extraordinarily complicated finish, given the implications if he missed, especially with Price sitting on a potential 1 dart finish.
Any insight to his seemingly crazy path?
Higher probability of getting a dart at a double and dependent on how their darts enter the board, certain players would favour this route as the dart thrown at the outer bull provides a marker for the bull.

Good video by professional player Matthew Edgar explaining the bull vs treble for 91-95 checkouts using stats provided by Ochepedia.

 
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You might know the answer to this.
When Aspinall beat Price he had a 92 finish.
It would seem triple 20, double 16 would be the obvious route.
His finish was: 25, 17, bull.
That seems an extraordinarily complicated finish, given the implications if he missed, especially with Price sitting on a potential 1 dart finish.
Any insight to his seemingly crazy path?
You would be better at the maths and probabilities but the theory there is to not be relying on triple hitting (especially with the second dart) to ensure there is at least one dart at a finish. In this case single 20 with the first dart obviously needs either a triple double finish or a double double finish.

25, 17, 40 is well practiced as bull 32 is the current preference for an 82 finish so the first two darts are almost auto pilot with muscle memory.

Hope I have explained clearly enough.
 
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You would be better at the maths and probabilities but the theory there is to not be relying on triple hitting (especially with the second dart) to ensure there is at least one dart at a finish. In this case single 20 with the first dart obviously needs either a triple double finish or a double double finish.

25, 17, 40 is well practiced as bull 32 is the current preference for an 82 finish so the first two darts are almost auto pilot with muscle memory.

Hope I have explained clearly enough.
Cons answer is much more concise
 
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MVG really choked there. Good on Simon for taking advantage. Hopefully Jose loses count again and we get an Aussie in the final.
 

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Higher probability of getting a dart at a double and dependent on how their darts enter the board, certain players would favour this route as the dart thrown at the outer bull provides a marker for the bull.

Good video by professional player Matthew Edgar explaining the bull vs treble for 91-95 checkouts using stats provided by Ochepedia.

Very interesting, thanks for that.
Worth watching for people interested in both darts and statistics.
 

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With 20 180’s, S Whitlock broke the tournament record of 18 180’s originally set by Adrian Lewis in a losing effort against Phil Taylor in the 2013 Semi Final in what is regarded as one of the best darts matches ever. If you have not seen the below match, then do yourself a favour and enjoy close to an hour of terrific tungsten.

 
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You might know the answer to this.
When Aspinall beat Price he had a 92 finish.
It would seem triple 20, double 16 would be the obvious route.
His finish was: 25, 17, bull.
That seems an extraordinarily complicated finish, given the implications if he missed, especially with Price sitting on a potential 1 dart finish.
Any insight to his seemingly crazy path?
Please don't ask for any explanations for Jose's finishes.
 
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