Kiel aftermath

Well that early start caught me out, although even if it was the normal 12pm UK start I wasn't making it in time for any betting. Chisnall losing did the damage, often get the case where the market's saying 45% or there abouts and we've got it the other way around, that sort of thing loses often enough and that just so happened today to cause an overall loss in the event. We'll look to rebuild in Blackpool, expect a run through of the event, as for now, the latest FRH rankings:

1 Luke Littler

2 Luke Humphries

3 Michael van Gerwen

4 Stephen Bunting

5 Jonny Clayton

6 Chris Dobey

7 James Wade

8 Damon Heta (UP 1)

9 Ross Smith (DOWN 1)

10 Josh Rock

11 Gerwyn Price (UP 6)

12 Gary Anderson (DOWN 1)

13 Mike de Decker (DOWN 1)

14 Danny Noppert (DOWN 1)

15 Martin Schindler (DOWN 1)

16 Dave Chisnall (DOWN 1)

17 Rob Cross (DOWN 1)

18 Gian van Veen (NEW)

19 Nathan Aspinall (DOWN 1)

20 Ryan Searle (DOWN 1)

Wright slips out of the top 20 to let van Veen in, otherwise the only real moves are on account of Price binking yesterday, and Heta getting a Pro Tour in midweek. These include Matchplay mincashes, the first player out is not Smith or van den Bergh, but the oft forgotten Ritchie Edhouse. The top 35 is now the Matchplay field minus those three, without that mincashing Lukeman and Ratajski might be a tad higher, but they're not. Niko's now into the top 70, and the top 50 is probably a matter of when rather than if, with him now looking very good to be the only player to actually earn a European Championship spot, rather than being gifted it.

I'll run through Blackpool midweek. There's some very nice first round matchups, but we'll just go through in bracket order and see if anyone can realistically stop Littler.