The 2026 Ladbrokes UK Open concludes on Sunday at Butlin's Minehead Resort. Who will be the 2026 UK Open champion?Coverage starts at 1:00pm UK time on ITV4.>Afternoon session (1:00pm - 5:00pm)Quarter-Finals (best of 19 legs [first to 10])Krzysztof Ratajski v Josh RockJames Wade v Rob CrossLuke Littler v Danny NoppertJonny Clayton v Gerwyn Price>Evening session (7:00pm - 11:00pm)Semi-Finals (best of 21 legs [first to 11])Final (best of 21 legs [first to 11])>Day 2 rounduphttps://www.pdc.tv/news/2026/march/07/Price-battles-back-from-brink/
Missed this yesterday due to the downtime: Ryan Searle, a man with a debilitating eye condition, didn't bother asking the ref what he had left after a T19 and S12 on 119 and went straight for D13. Dummy.Also, Blubber (who lost to Searle) going on about not wanting help in his Friday post-match interview: https://twitter.com/Oche180/status/2030206835379098094>"Nathan [Aspinall] knows how stubborn I am. I do everything myself.>"I don't want to go and speak to a mental person or whatever it is. In the back of my mind, I know they wouldn't do it - if I won something coming back they're going, I helped him win that'.>"I don't want anyone to have credit for what I'm doing."This is why you will remain irrelevant, Blubber.
Good afternoon lads, finally time for two unbothered sessions of arrers, erm, I mean of Littlerwinslol. Would love for Wadey, Gezzy or Noppie to trip up the smug fuck, but we all know it ain't happening, no matter how close others have been in earlier rounds.>>153782346>I don't want to go and speak to a mental person or whatever it iskek.
>Lowest ranked player to reach the UK Open quarter-finals (last eight years)2019 Simon Stevenson #682020 Jelle Klaasen #492021 Luke Humphries #412022 Sebastian Bialecki NR2023 Richie Burnett #782024 Ricky Evans #462025 Gian van Veen #272026 Krzysztof Ratajski #27The last two years is a bit concerning. Had Ratajski not won, the lowest ranked player remaining would have been Cross at 20th. Seems very difficult for anyone outside the top names to make big breakthroughs.
>>153782497>The last two years is a bit concerningYou think so? For me, that is actually fine, because as long as the top players prevail without protection by seeding, I'm okay with it. Of course I'd also like to see fresh faces, but if they can't do it, that's fine. Only thing that annoys me that top players have become so used to getting easy runs due to seeded brackets that some of them started to whine about having to enter the worlds first round. That was beyond ridiculous to me, imagine crying because you got your yearly free bye taken from you, instead of recognizing you never should have had it in first place.
>>153782572>You think so? For me, that is actually fine, because as long as the top players prevail without protection by seeding, I'm okay with it. Of course I'd also like to see fresh faces, but if they can't do it, that's fine.I get what you're saying, but it massively dulls the "magic" of the UK Open. We're not going to get the likes of Aden Kirk, Barry Lynn or Paul Hogan again. Even the UK Snowpen with Part, Pallett, Steve West & Rob Owen making the quarters.>Only thing that annoys me that top players have become so used to getting easy runs due to seeded brackets that some of them started to whine about having to enter the worlds first round. That was beyond ridiculous to me, imagine crying because you got your yearly free bye taken from you, instead of recognizing you never should have had it in first place.Yeah, a lot of the seeds got big shocks. Smudger, De Decker, Edhouse: all TV major winners binned by International Qualifiers.
Here for Big Rat
>>153782748>Yeah, a lot of the seeds got big shocks. Smudger, De Decker, Edhouse: all TV major winners binned by International Qualifiers.Yeah, and except maybe Smudger, it wasn't even much of a surprise, since de Decker was out of shape and Edhouse had a fluke run. I like it that way, because it makes the top ranking spots at least a little more transparent. If the top 32 only need to beat a qualifier to make top 32 again, that feels a little unfair to lower ranked players, who have to beat stronger players just to achieve the same.>>153782984Hope he can stop the Rock.
>>153783002I think he has a good chance, Rock is really fucking up a lot and is very incosistent with his throws
Cock jobbing already, can't cope with the pace as Mardle's saying.
IF YOU SMELELELELEWHAT THE COCKIS JOBBING
>missing break darts for 7-4Hope that does not come back to haunt him
>>153783253>it did
>>153783267Fuck, it looked so good until now.
>>153783271Rock averaging 104, Rat won't get close now.
>Mardle earlier on going on about Rat being "one of the best hitters on D16">fucks away two crucial darts at that target to avoid going 7-4 up and keep throw for 7-7Eurojobber.
You can tell how fucking angry Ratajski was on those last couple of visits. Never seen him throw with such rage. Forever a Eurojobber, sadly.
Wade carrying on from yesterday, Cross in the shit already.
>Wade
>>153783653>do some housework>come back>Wadey fucked his lead awayDamn.
>Wade getting wade'd
>it's a "Wade starts playing at the opponent's level" episode
Sweaty game, this.
>"P" DC
BASED WADE WITH A 100 TO 120 TO WIN!
Come on Floppert
FINNA GIMME THE GREENLIGHT
Gwan Floppert
Happening?
H-he's eurojobbing...
>>153783947Fuck.
An absolute thundercunt of a 161.
>fist bumping fuck off noppert you mental midget
Shittler turning on the rape.
>>153784196We need a list of Littler Pocket Club members.
>Gezzy immediate 12 dart breakFuck off
Didn't even watch the Littler match. Maybe should have skipped this match also, since Clayton always jobs to Gezzy.
>>153784627Noppert folded at 5-5, was pathetic really. Price wins this if he keeps the break.
>those two Clayton break dartsDRA investigation incoming.>>153784649The "some pkayer keeps up with Littler for one or two sessions but then collapses"-gimmick became stale quickly for me.
>>153784697>The "some pkayer keeps up with Littler for one or two sessions but then collapses"-gimmick The Matchplay was the worst for that.
>get level>immediately give away throwFuck off Jobby
>aaah I'm so sorry for breaking you Gezwick-samaaa, please have it back right away...
>>153784697The pressure of playing him must feel fucking immense on your shoulders. They could be beating Littler by 8 legs and their arses all fall out just like if they’re playing ‘16-‘17 MVG
>>153784749>They could be beating Littler by 8 legs and their arses all fall out just like if they’re playing ‘16-‘17 MVGCase in point: Wattimena at the Matchplay. Fucking shat it.
what did I miss guys?
Semi-Finals:>James Wade v Gerwyn Price>Luke Littler v Josh RockFor crying out loud.
>>153784792Nothing you wouldn't have expected to happen anyway. Wade vs Cross was a decent watch, though.>>153784749Seems like it. Don't know why they can't handle playing him of all people.
>>153784792Ratajski choked from 6-4 up and won 1 more leg against RockWade got ground down by Cross by hit a 107 to win in the deciding legLittler whacked Noppert from 5-5 and dropped just 1 more legJonny bent over for Gezzy again
>>153784810>>153784822Wade always seems to get involvedinto great matches
>>153784798>if it's not world ranked #97 vs #104 with mid 80s averages it's not propa dartslove this meme
>>153784869It's one of the reasons he's been pretty much a permanent fixture in the Top 16 since he joined the PDC.
>>153784878>missing the pointFacing Rock gifts him a place in the final.
>>153784892True, but probably also true:>facing more or less anybody gifts him a place in the finalBy now, who has a realistic chance to take him out in a sufficiently long format? Fluke looks like shite against him, MvG in his current shape doesn't stand a chance, we all saw how Chud performed, so there's only Gezzy who performs decent against him. Or do we have a secret weapon stashed down the rankings somewhere - one who preferrably is not Mitchell Lawrie?
>>153784992>By now, who has a realistic chance to take him out in a sufficiently long format?Wade binned him from the Euros. But then he got raped against him in this final last year. Bugger.
>>153784992Literally nobody. The only hope against Littler is for the crowd to properly get on his back because it rattles him.When he’s not bothered, really honestly not bothered, he will not lose long matches.
A rather horrifying stat:Even if Littler loses in the semi-final, his ranking money for the past two years will STILL be more than Humphries, van Veen & van Gerwen's COMBINED.
>>153784992>Or do we have a secret weapon stashed down the rankings somewhereAgent Adam Gawlas reporting for duty.
>>153785691The maddest thing is that he’s got £1.5m on the OoM from the two world championship wins, that alone is more money than Fluke has, but if you take that 1.5m off he’s still the world number 1 by 170k.And he’s only defending 1st round money at the next 3 majors. He will have more than triple the money of 2nd place soon.
>>153785974Fucking insanity.>And he’s only defending 1st round money at the next 3 majors.Fuck, you're right. I had completely overlooked that.Gezzy has the darts for Semi Final 1.
>>153785691>>153785974What’s the alternative to OoM though as it stands? Or do you just dramatically reduce the prize money on offer for the worlds? Don’t see that gain much traction with the players.
>>153786110I honestly don't know.
>>153786122>I honestly don't know.You sound like Mardle
Wish this was the final
>nnnnno score
>that miscount
>lice
>Pricelol
he just shut downlmaoICE MELTING UNDER PRESSURE
>>153786110Make the worlds non-ranking
*seductively caresses the board*
Do darts players have coaches like they do in tennis? Or do they just autistically practice down the pub all week?
>Wade's finishing
>>153786316I've heard that Humphries went to some shrink to work on his mentality and to not melt down in important moments(not sure it worked)
why's it so quiet there
>that struggle to pick up that dart off the floor. Grim, get down the gym, Wade.
>>153786316Some of them just autistically practice by themselves all day, some of them practice with each other. Searle and Gando always practice together, and Blubber used to play with Asp all the time until he won the worlds and couldn’t be fucked with practice anymore
THAT 136
>>153786352Price is the only player who actually looks like an athlete, kek
stream desu?
>>153786337Didn't Bunting use a hypnotist for handling pressure situations? Maybe that's why he now believes he's the peoples champion.>>153786374sport1 is streaming it.
>>153786366That’s because he is. He used to play rugby professionally. At least Blumphries has slimmed down now.
>>153786391Should've asked to be hypnotized into thinking he's Jamaican>me ting me win da gold dart, seen
>>153786391then I have to look at Schieffresse Rob though
>>153786407kek
>>153786366Lukas Wenig and Rupprecht are both units. They’d fold Gezzy
>>153786406Yeah, I know that. And despite his height, Price is definitely a dude I would not want to provoke into fighting me kekVan Duijvenbode is also built but more in a "this dude looks like he attends zesty gay bars in Amsterdam" way
>>153786448>Price is definitely a dude I would not want to provoke into fighting meKek, yeah I get that. He looks like he’s got a right temper on him. Bet he fights dirty too.
>>153786366You now remember Josh Payne.
>>153786445Rupprecht used to be, he's a lot slimmer now
>>153786472I'd fully expect him to kick me in the balls and try to gouge my eyes out. Or just glass me.
THAT 167
DAT 167
>miscounts >melts down instantly
>>153786510>jewsonwhat did he mean by this?
>>153786530means >jews on unicornduh
>>153786522Wonder how he feels being on the wrong side of it for once.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FreNvibQs6Q
>>153786510>>153786530>>153786547
>they still doubted THE MACHINEPlays like this in the final he wins it.
Can’t wait for Wadey to follow up a strong semi-final performance with pure shit in the final against Littler, just like last year.
Tonight's the night
>>153786680...after he wins the first session 3-2.
>>153786475Not even sure he's still playing, most recent thing I can find for him was the ADC last year.
in before he jobs to shittler
FINNA GIMME THE GREEN LIGHT
>>153786762Would be the first back-to-back finals with the same players since bizarrely a decade ago exactly (MVG-Wright). Clown lost both of them convincingly. Interestingly Clown is the only player to appear in three successive UK Open finals. Not even Pheel or MVG did that.Rock has the throw for semi-final 2.
Evening lads hope all is wellRemember Jamie Lewis what happened to him
>>153786850>Remember Jamie Lewis what happened to himNow flogging his old shit on eBay for £40 a pop: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/jamiedarts180
>>153786850>RastajobberOne of the worst and fastest fall-offs I've ever seen. Once looked like a promising top 16 candidate, until he didn't.
Wadey now up to 6 in the world, overtaking the useless prick they put in the PL ahead of him.
who's this yee yee ass caller
Refuse to get excited about this until Rock's walking off the stage and his music's playing
Littler should be leading 5-0, absolutely daft
>double break>littler averaging 93Not getting hopes up just yet.
Chrome won't find my images oh wellPretend I posted something funny
>THAT BULL BULL ATTEMPTWHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT, ROCK
inb4 11-5
Is going for Bull Bull on 100 the new hot meme?
Great quote from one of the forums:>This is why Littler's the most evil of them all. Taylor would slowly pummel you into submission, MvG would slit your throat before you'd even noticed he was there, but Luke, Luke makes you hope, he gives you a chance to run away first.
>starts losing>gets pissed off>starts hulking up>hits the 5 darts of doom>winsevery fucking time
unless..
>>153787239Utlimate Führer
Even if Littler loses that 14th leg was absolutely fucking cruel. Just teasing Rock at the start and then BAM, 325 in 8.
>>153787298Well I would not want to be hit with an Ultimate Littler Splash
Lil' Rocko hanging on for dear life.
Soon
who is this skid?
i bet alexa is enthusiastic in bed
>>153787399I think she’s kinda fit in an attainable slag kind of way
hol up
Has anyone been to one of these tournaments? They look pretty damn fun, but I can't tell if it's a bunch of trashy chavs or a bit of every type of person just hanging out drinking and having a good time.American here. Just started watching darts a couple of months ago as I'm an early riser and watch international sports in the morning and I got kind of hooked. Have a board sitting around that I finally need to install tomorrow. Don't know much about the personality of the players and their tendencies or the nuances of darts etc. yet, but I'm working on it.
>9-7Still not getting my hopes up.
Troll board
The Blade X is a fucking state. Ridiculous how many bounce outs there are.
>>153787400just got a lob on at this thought
>>153787414Welcome to /180/, lad.>but I can't tell if it's a bunch of trashy chavs or a bit of every type of person just hanging out drinking and having a good timeMostly chavs I'd say, they're called the mong pit for a reason. Doesn't mean that you can't have a good time there, but most people are there for the piss-up.
>>153787414Been to the World Grand Prix when it was in Leicester, with a friend who lives down there. Was alright, lads next to us got a bit daft and knocked about £200 of their own beers off their table, then one got kicked out before he could whip his cock out on live TV which was impressively fast
>>153787463that lad was keir starmer
fuck it
Rock got absolutely mind melted. A PERFECT guide for T20-D8 and instead he tries DD19 and fucks it up completely.
WOW, A LATE LITTLER SURGE TO WIN IT, WHAT AN UNPREDICTABLE TURN OF EVENTS!!!!!!!
>>153787460I mean I'm all for getting drunk and bullshitting, I just wouldn't want to deal with assholes picking fights and acting like complete assholes the whole time. Would get old. Haven't heard it called the mong pit yet for whatever reason. I've been lurking /180/ since I started watching more, just kinda taking in info and bantz. Some fun matches earlier today. This is going to get interesting either way.>>153787463Hah. What a shitshow. I used to not mind shtishows like that, but I hit a point where dealing with true subhuman trash isn't worth it and takes away the fun.
>>153787456noice
why did he go double double there??
wayne's dressed like he's about to go out clubbing
>>153787541Because his brain turned to Semtex
>Littler STILL averaged 100I hope Wade flattens him. Please. If Littler wins this tournament that's it, no-one is beating him again in a ranking major.
>>153787399Alexa Rendell
corr that skirt
today one
Alexa legs mmmm
>>153787663lmao maybe he got nervous talking to the pretty girl
>>153787663Based retard
>>153787630bong ripper
Poor Wayne I hope he's okay. Was in bits on twitter the other night.
>>153787663kek, classic
She cute
LOOKING LIKE A RAPE SURVIVORFEELING LIKE A DIDDLED KID
>>153787707qrd?
FINNA GIVE IT TO ME
Littler has the throw. Uh oh.
anyone catch that sexy bee then?
>>153787819muh duck
Hope Wadey can do something here, but somehow I can't see it happening.>>153787819Maybe they wanted to remind us how much we liked Jacqui.
>>153787819https://twitter.com/joshpearson180/status/2025512405870973347
>>153787860dick* today one dickbee slag would get it
>it's a "Wade can't be bothered and doesn't even try playing" episodeFuck off, James.
>>153787872>Wayne Mardle has had to go through more pain in the last couple of years than any man ever shouldSorry about his wife, but that's just damn horse shit.
It's so over
>MedsmanThis is why he wasn't in the exbo PL
He just doesn't give a fuck
Come on Wadey
>averaging 81>trails by a single breakWade attempting the ultimate in Wading here
>>153787945>>153787953>>153787954literally on throw
>>153788008Meant single leg. >>153788023 is right, it's incredibly back on throw.
>>153788008>the ultimate in WadingOne day he will win a game without scoring at all.
>5oof
It’s mad how nice Wadey’s throw looks even though he’s a lefty. The camera angle makes every other lefty look like a fucking mong
>get match level at 3-3>give up again>then start playing at 3-6MAXIMUM BIPOLAR
we're still fighting for this title
>>153788170Hood is the only other notable lefty who has a tolerable throw. That Spivey lad on Day 1 was decent as well.
I'm a lefty too
>>153788196Hood’s throw looks a bit like a bloke copying Wade, which he might have actually done tbf
>>153788234
>5-6 in the final>Littler is just messing around and entertaining himselfHe’s never losing a ranking major again
Do sort of feel a bit for Wade having lived through and survived the unplayable feel/mvg years only to now have to contend with this 18 year old unflappable version of the pair who misses fuck all.
Can only post images by side loading them from Google Photos lel
Fuck you, doomposters.I believe in based medsman
>>153788308based diddler
Wadey trying maximum shitposting to win the title. Will never do a Noppert 2022 though. The GOAT UK Open final.>>153788296That 127 would have turned the match.
wadey taking it all the way then will hit a nine in the decider
>>153788308>the last time the UK Open trophy was an actual trophy and not whatever the fuck this isDid Noncefinger make it rust with the champagne?
Did they mute the audience this event?They had chats the last few days.
>>153788365>The GOAT UK Open final.Good times, man.
>>153788400It's a school night
>>153788393Police confiscated it as evidence
>wade
Next time he loses in a major I will have a tug to the other bloke’s mrs in their honour
Feels like Littler won the tournament with his C game.>>153788385Wadey already saving energy for the Matchplay in the summer, he's taking energy management to a whole new level. Littler expending all his energy in this meaningless meme tournament final like the newbie he is, typical beginner mistake.
60k for playing like that
i wonder what wade is saying to him
Littlerwinslol
>>153788538
thicc baddie on stage
The only ones who can save us are the Germans. He’ll never lose on these shores again, but maybe the Krauts can keep him too angry to win the euros
I mean at least it wasnt as shite as last year when he was limping around and stabbing himself with his own darts. Feel bad for anyone who chucked a tenner on him when he was 60/1 or whatever but there was only going to be one outcome to this final.
show alexa one more time
>>153788598>I mean at least it wasnt as shite as last year when he was limping around and stabbing himself with his own darts.Yeah, that was embarrassing as fuck last year. Tried to play mindgames with Littler but barely backed it up.
>>153788538You do wonder how many people guess right what his job was before darts, uncanny electrician vibes
Jesus
>>153788798If Litler wins Euro Tour 3 he will be £4k from £3m. If he enters the Players Championships at the end of March he can reach it there.
And so Chapter 12 of The Darting Dystopia: "Effortless". This weekend Luke Littler has been mainly playing his B/C game and still walked the tournament. That is very worrying for the rest of the field, none more than a certain James Wade who competed far better in this year's final than last time, but still made it far too easy for The Nuke.Littler ran into a 3-0 lead as The Machine malfunctioned, and were it not for a missed D15 for a 150 and then a complete failure on D10, he would have been leading 5-0 at the first interval. But Wade instead pulled it back to 2-3, survived a 167 attempt to make it 3-3 and then incredibly stopped playing again to allow Luke to re-establish the three leg lead, which was then closed back to 6-4 by James. The reigning champion then went missing himself, blowing 5 darts for 7-4 to get broken and then the match went level again at 6-6 thanks to a clean 83. Two more holds, with the World No. 1 missing tops for another break attempt, made it 7-7 before the final's big moment: Wade missed bull on 127 to lead for the first time, and Littler slammed in a 116 finish on tops to go 8-7 at the final interval. The finishing continued to fail for the veteran as he missed tops twice for 8-8, and then missed it again for 8-9. He got nowhere close in the final leg as the defending champion suitably finished 12 on D6 for major title #12 and moves ahead of his opponent tonight into outright third in the PDC all-time honours list.At no point this weekend did Littler ever look in trouble. Kevin Doets got closest, but he couldn't take him to a deciding leg. The rest didn't even get near. If The Nuke can just cruise to major titles averaging 100, that is exceptionally concerning for the rest of the field, and brings into question just how good they actually are.Overall a rather dull UK Open with Matchroom's production being notably poor, and given how ITV used to be that's alarming. Do they actually care about it?Premier League returns Thursday.
>>153788927>Kevin Doets got closest, but he couldn't take him to a deciding legNor could Josh Rock, I thought he lost 11-8. But it was 11-9. Oh well, who cares.
>>153788927Tybop
