Reigning Mr Vegas Nordic Darts Masters champion Stephen Bunting starts the defence of his title with an opening round match against Viktor Tingstrom in Copenhagen on Friday evening. Bunting is a 1/5 favourite to win the match against Swedish qualifier Tingstrom, and is currently priced at 12/1 to defend his title. Elsewhere, Jonny Clayton opens […]
Reigning Mr Vegas Nordic Darts Masters champion Stephen Bunting starts the defence of his title with an opening round match against Viktor Tingstrom in Copenhagen on Friday evening.
Bunting is a 1/5 favourite to win the match against Swedish qualifier Tingstrom, and is currently priced at 12/1 to defend his title.
Elsewhere, Jonny Clayton opens the evening’s proceedings with a match against Andreas Harrysson, and the Welsh number one is 9/1 to pick up the trophy on Saturday night.
2024 champion Gerwyn Price – aiming to regain his title this weekend – follows his compatriot Clayton – and he kicks off his campaign as a 1/4 favourite against Lithuania’s Darius Labanauskas.
Michael van Gerwen then faces Sweden’s two-time World Cup quarter-finalist Oskar Lukasiak, as the Dutchman sets his sights on a second World Series title of 2026.
The closest match in terms of match odds from Friday’s opening round features the clash between ten-time TV title winner James Wade and Latvia’s Madars Razma, with Wade 4/9 to progress, ahead of Razma at 2/1.
Newly crowned Premier League champion Luke Littler is highly-fancied to dispose of Norway’s Cor Dekker, with the world number one bidding to capture his maiden Nordic Darts Masters title.
The penultimate match has the makings of a cracker as Luke Humphries faces an in-form Jeffrey de Graaf, who won Players Championship 19 in Milton Keynes on Tuesday.
Humphries is 1/4 to advance, although Swedish number one De Graaf could push the world number two all the way, and is 10/3 to cause an upset.
The final match of the evening sees Gian van Veen face Daniel Larsson, with the European Champion a 1/5 favourite to book his place in the quarter-finals, where Humphries could await.
Russ Yershon from Mr Vegas shared: “We’re delighted to once again sponsor the Mr Vegas Nordic Darts Masters and expect two days of brilliant darts, with a top crowd in full voice here in Copenhagen.
“The top eight PDC players are favourites to progress to the quarter-finals, although the Nordic crowd will be cheering on their local favourites to see if they can cause a surprise and return tomorrow for a shot at the title.
“We have Luke Littler as favourite for the event at 6/4 with Luke Humphries at 5/1, but former winner Gerwyn Price will be looking to regain his title and priced 7/1 to do just that.”