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iheartmagic t1_j2uecoo wrote

Reply to comment by Vahrez_ in The man who was born to be World Champion fulfils his destiny, as Michael Smith defeats Michael van Gerwen 7-4 to claim the biggest prize in darts and become world number one! by carnifex2005

Never really followed darts. Are 9 darts the minimum amount of darts you can throw in a leg to win it? Was it like a the perfect performance at the most clutch time imaginable type of thing?

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Vahrez_ t1_j2ueyfm wrote

Yeah 9 darts is the minimum. In essence, Smith threw 9 perfect darts in a row, and MVG threw 8.

That I know of, 2 players being on 9 darters and only 1 dart missing has never happened before until tonight.

It was really early on in the game, so no way to know for sure how definitive it was - but he broke MVG’s throw (he won the leg in which he threw second so he was at a disadvantage) and he needed to do so to win the set.

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Significant-Mud2572 t1_j2v0rt3 wrote

The MVG guy was like less than 3/4s of an inch from hitting 9 as well.

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daneats t1_j2yflio wrote

He was probably less than 1/3rd of an inch away.

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chiguy2387 t1_j2ufe74 wrote

Yes, it is the least amount of darts needed to come a 501 leg. What made this one great was that both players had 6 perfect darts to start the leg, Van Gerwen missed the Double 12 needed to win the leg and Smith came up and completed his right after.

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yeotajmu t1_j2vmxaq wrote

It's basically bowling a perfect game in the world championship of bowling

Or like a golfer tied for the lead getting a hole in 1 at Augusta's 16th on Sunday

Or throwing a no hitter in the world series

Etc

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Brsijraz t1_j2vzc8e wrote

but perfect games aren’t THAT rare and a hole in one at the masters nevermind on sunday is supremely rare.

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yeotajmu t1_j2wxvpr wrote

There's been 23 hole in one's at 16 at the masters. 33 hole in one's at Augusta if you include other holes.

There's now been two 9 dart legs in a world final.

There's been 34 televised 300s, 2 of which came in the PBC championship.

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twokietookie t1_j2xwie2 wrote

We'd have to adjust for # of attempts or something for this to mean anything. The golfing field is much larger than the other sports.

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yeotajmu t1_j2xznzv wrote

And golfers get 1 attempt per round where a dart player may have 30 legs in a match

Golf has also been around much longer

But use your brain and you can see how it "means something"

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Chonaic17 t1_j2wjewh wrote

Perfect games are significantly rarer than holes in one at the masters, there's usually about 1 HIO every year, though both are extremely rare and cool to see.

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