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With the PDC World Darts Championships in full flow, it is difficult to see who will stop Phil Taylor from adding to his haul of World Titles. His latest win in the Grand Slam of Darts was impressive even by Taylor standards. I watched the final against Scott Waites and Waites could do nothing about Taylor's form. He just stood there grinning when Taylor stepped up and took a leg away from him with a 170 check-out. To cap it all, Taylor almost rounded the tournament off with a nine darter and missed the big double twelve with the last dart. No one has ever won a major tournament while finishing on a nine darter but Taylor duly planted the very next dart into double twelve for a ten dart finish. That was still a record and became the first time that a major tournament was won with a ten dart leg. I opposed Taylor last year much to my pain as I thought that he may struggle with the advancing years but no one seems capable of stepping up to the mark. His results have surged on over the past 18 months and when you listen to his interviews, he still wants more. He was annoyed to have missed the nine darter in the Grand Slam after he had missed another nine dart finish to win the tournament in another ranking event some months earlier. But when you listen to him, he is still not happy with his three dart averages and thinks that he can reach 115+. I don't know what makes Taylor so much better than the rest and this is something that is rare in any sport. To get a competitor that is head and shoulders above tens of thousands of other top players and hundreds of top professionals is a rarity. Although Usain Bolt is starting to do that in Athletics but you can bet your life that he will not dominate for as long as what Taylor has. I don't know if backing Taylor is value as the bookies will know who the public want to back and squeeze the odds accordingly. As usual the value should be in opposing him and that is where you will find value. See you soon Carl "The Dean" Sampson Bet live with bwin live betting and live streaming