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/ Alex Lee / 08 October 2011 / Leave a Comment 
Big Phil knows what to do at the business end
"Handling the atmosphere will be of vital importance this evening with the noise at the New City West Convention Centre in Dublin having increased in decibels night-on-night since the tournament started on Monday."
Alex Lee gets his betting boots on again for two days of tips at the World Grand Prix
The oft-used phrase 'trebles for show, doubles for dough' has never been more appropriate than during the last few days of darts in Dublin. Unlike all other darts majors, each and every leg in the World Grand Prix relies on starting on a double as well as finishing on one. And oh how this has separated the William Tells from the Blind Pews.
The four semi-finalists are Brendan Dolan, James Wade, Phil Taylor and Richie Burnett. All have held their nerve to hit their doubles at the beginning and the end of enough legs to progress this far.
The biggest surprise for me has been Burnett, who despite showing some great form to reach his first televised semi for ten years, hasn't smiled all tournament. At least when Taylor sends him packing tonight he won't have to alter any of his facial muscles.
Dolan, meanwhile, has no big tournament pedigree to speak of (his best performance to date coming in the 2008 Ulster Open) and will find the semi-final atmosphere just that little bit too hot when he faces Wade. He may, however, hold it together enough to edge it on the most 180s market as he has hit 11 so far this week against Wade's six, and this provides the value bet of the round.
Handling the atmosphere will be of vital importance this evening with the noise at the New City West Convention Centre in Dublin having increased in decibels night-on-night since the tournament started on Monday. This is one of the factors I've taken into consideration for selecting my two semi-final winners - Wade and Taylor - as they tend to save their best darts for the biggest, noisiest crowds and tonight's capacity audience won't be composed of mute librarians.
Recommended Bets
Back a Wade/Taylor double @ [1.75]
Back Taylor -3.5 @ [1.6]
Back Dolan to score most 180s @ [3.0]
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