This weekend is set to deliver a jam-packed schedule of darts action, with one of the year’s most exciting tournaments coming to a conclusion. After 30 editions spanning the PDC season, the Players Championship Finals will take place from November 24-26 at the Butlin’s Minehead in England. With a healthy £600,000 prize pool and the chance to have the last laugh, there’s plenty of excellent betting action to be had this weekend.
Luke Humphries heads to Minehead as the man to beat having just won the Grand Slam of Darts last week, but can he hold off the likes of Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price, who also have strong arguments for winning this weekend? Van Gerwen is a seven-time champion, while Price has had a red-hot 2023 season. We break down the best bets to make on the 2023 Players Championship Finals in England using the latest odds from bookmaker William Hill.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: November 23rd, 6:00 A.M. (GMT)
Courtesy of his recent surge in form, Luke Humphries edges the big names of Michael van Gerwen and Gerwyn Price for the top spot in bookmaker William Hill’s outright winner odds. On 5.00, the Englishman is narrowly ahead of his two biggest rivals, who both return 6.00. Behind these three, there’s a reasonable gap, with the next best being Michael Smith at 13.00, ahead of Rob Cross and Gary Anderson who are joint on 17.00.
With three clear favourites heading into this event, will betting be as simple as choosing one of these three to back, or can a dark horse upset the party in Minehead this weekend? We say there’s an outside chance that Rob Cross, at 17.00, could be a strong wager. The Englishman has steadily progressed this season, moving his way quietly up the rankings. Off the back of a finals run at the Grand Slam of Darts last week, he’s the best high odds bet we see at the Players Championship.
However, chances are it will be one of the big three favourites who take out the title. We find it hard to get past Luke Humphries as the winner here, despite all of the star power and history associated with Gerwyn Price and Michael van Gerwen.
Humphries has been running hot in the past two months, winning the PDC Grand Prix and Grand Slam of Darts. Earlier this month it felt like he got his dud result out of the way with a quarter-final exit at the European Championship, and we’re confident he’ll bring his best in Minehead this weekend.
