bwin Sportsblog - Other Sports - World Champion at 53

I was tuned into the BDO World Darts final last night and I didn't mind the result either way. I would have actually backed Dave Chisnell but he was slightly odds on so I didn't bother. This was rather fortunate for me seeing as he was beaten 7-5. I really do think that there is a certain level of steal to the game of Martin Adams now when he wobbles which he tends to do when players come back at him. There are not many fields where a player can be a World Champion at 53 years of age. Phil Taylor has just won the PDC version at 49 years of age so they are definitely keeping the young guns at bay for now. What struck me though was the amount of prize money for the two versions of the World Championship. Taylor gets £200k for winning the PDC and Adams gets £100k for winning the BDO. Whitlock gets £100k for being runner-up in the PDC (same as BDO winner) and Chisnell gets by comparison a poor £30k for coming runner-up in the BDO. Chisnell though looks a star of the future and had he combated his nerves better on the night then he would have beaten Adams. He gifted Adams a 3-0 lead by missing numerous shots at doubles and you cannot do that against a player as solid as Adams. Poor old Chisnell even had to watch Adams take away the £3k prize that he held for the highest check-out of the week. Adams checked out on the maximum 170 to beat the 164 of Chisnell. But in my view the BDO need to do something to combat the proposed huge increase in PDC prize money otherwise the gulf will just be too big. I think what this week has shown though is that there are some great players in the BDO. The thing is though that many of them don't have the big game experience of many of the top players in the PDC. See you soon Carl Come and witness some of the best online sports betting odds in the business at bwin.