Ben Hudd

Covering professional and amateur darts for numerous years | Founder @AbsolutePoolcom

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

Jose de Sousa has officially dropped off the professional tour 🥺

It was unreal whilst it lasted - one of the great darting mavericks 🇵🇹

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@bill61876 Yes, that’s obviously not even a debate. All I was saying was darts would have continued to be successful without him, which probably wouldn’t be said the other way.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

This is complete nonsense. Darts would still be absolutely everything without Luke Littler, while Luke Littler would be nothing without darts.

[Sky Sports Darts @SkySportsDarts]

"Darts needs Littler, Littler doesn't need darts" 🗣️

Stuart Pyke on fans booing Luke Littler.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@SkySportsDarts No one’s bigger than the game of darts. It was arguably more watchable before Luke Littler come along, it was certainly more intriguing to follow.

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@dartingupdates https://t.co/MmNmXS07e7

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@PearsonsPicks @MatchroomPool Salim and Loukatos at 200/1 and 300/1 could also offer value.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@PearsonsPicks Was the same for the European Open. Doesn’t make too much sense to me.

[PDC Darts @OfficialPDC]

GREAVES MAKES HISTORY! 🏆

Beau Greaves becomes the first woman to win a Players Championship title!

The 22-year-old takes out a SENSATIONAL 142 checkout to win a match that served the full distance, what a moment! 🤯

📺 https://t.co/YyBPPwoMK8
#PC11

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

Highest averages from Players Championship 9 📈

🇧🇪 Kim Huybrechts 111.33
🍀 Josh Rock 110.80
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Dobey 109.74
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Hurrell 108.65
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Dobey 105.28
🇳🇱 Niels Zonneveld 104.93
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Justin Hood 104.86
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Dobey 104.38
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣���󠁿 David Sharp 103.68

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

Highest averages on the Asian Tour this weekend 📈

🇯🇵 Ryuta Arihara 107.36
🇯🇵 Haruki Muramatsu 106.97
🇭🇰 Man Lok Leung 103.06
🇭🇰 Lok Yin Lee 102.14
🇯🇵 Tsukasa Moritani 99.29
🇯🇵 Ryuta Arihara 98.56
🇹🇼 Chen Yan-Bin 98.56
🇯🇵 Tsukasa Moritani 98.45
🇭🇰 Lok Yin Lee 97.80

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@warrenallsworth He did play very well on the Euro Tour a few weeks ago in fairness. Very hit or miss, like a fair few players at the moment.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

How the Asian Tour panned out on a weekend that saw Ganzorig Lkhagvasuren create history for Mongolian darts 🇲🇳

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

I’ve given it plenty of time but the European Tour has now definitely lost its spark. Bring back the old format, bring back the amateur qualifiers, bring back the stories and bring back the Euro Tour’s identity.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@dartingupdates 5 should be 1 or 2. His head was on Mars. I wouldn’t call the Price headphones a headloss, probably the funniest moment in darts history.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

Gerwyn Price’s Premier League night wins…

2022
🍀 Belfast
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Sheffield

2023
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Brighton

2025
🇮🇪 Dublin
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Nottingham
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Liverpool

2026
🇧🇪 Antwerp
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Manchester 🆕

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

✅ 6-2 vs Humphries (104.46)
✅ 6-2 vs Bunting (112.91)
✅ 6-2 vs Van Veen (105.84)

A decent night for Gerwyn Price 😳

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@arron9s Eric Bristow would wipe the floor with him.

[Ben Hudd @bhdarts]

@DylanMcbennett7 He routinely complains about German fans yet doesn’t like it when the shoe is on the other foot and players react in the same way. Reacting like that because someone turned around is pathetic.

[Live Darts @livedarts]

Gian van Veen (via Viaplay): "I’m on 90, I miss double 15 on the inside, and then I see him celebrating towards the crowd. I don’t think that’s normal. And then he also makes that crying gesture… He’s a fantastic darts player, but today he showed he’s not a good loser.

"Celebrating a miss from your opponent, that really annoys me. That’s why I gave him a look. The fact he then misses three darts at a double, that’s his problem."