What is the_ minimum number of darts needed to-complete a game of 501 (finishing but not starting with a double)?
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"full rules"" The game almost exactly follows the rules of the classic 501 darts game. Two professionals (one or two controlled by the player) throw darts onto the dartboard to decrease their score to 0, but they must end with a double. The only exception is the World Grand Prix where players must also start with a double. The dartboard's numbers are positioned just as they are in real darts. Each player throws 3 darts at a time before the next player takes his turn. In standard rules, whoever reaches 0 first has won the leg. Varying amounts of legs"
"501 total, in the following way: This eliminates the chance of any dart being deflected by an already thrown dart into the wrong scoring area by throwing each dart at a different location on the board. It is only usually seen in exhibition matches, as in tournaments, players are inclined to aim for the triple 20, only switching to the triple 19 for a cover shot. Arguably the most difficult nine dart finish would be 180 (3xT20), 171 (3xT19), and 150 (3xBULL) – owing to the difficulty of getting all three darts in the bullseye: it is the smallest double"
"reduce a fixed score, commonly 301 or 501, to zero (""checking out""). The final dart must land in either the bullseye or a double segment in order to win. A game of darts is generally contested between two players, who take turns. Each turn consists of throwing three darts. When two teams play, the starting score is sometimes increased to 701 or even 1001; the rules remain the same. A throw that reduces a player's score below zero, to exactly one, or to zero but not ending with a double is known as ""going bust"", with the player's score being"
"the start of their go could miss the double 10 and get a single, miss the double 5 and get a single, leaving them 5 and only one dart remaining. Their best option is to deliberately bust it to get back onto double 10. Under the ""northern bust"" they would remain on 5. A darts match is played over a fixed number of games, known as legs. A match may be divided into sets, with each set being contested as over a fixed number of legs. Although playing straight down from 501 is standard in darts, sometimes a double must"
"returning modes are also available for play. The game almost exactly follows the rules of the classic 501 darts game. Two professionals (one or two controlled by the player) throw darts onto the dartboard to decrease their score to 0, but they must end with a double. The only exception is the World Grand Prix where players must also start with a double. The dartboard's numbers are positioned just as they are in real darts. Each player throws 3 darts at a time before the next player takes his turn. In standard rules, whoever reaches 0 first has won the"
"and so far only female to be inducted. Ten-time World Champion Trina Gulliver revealed she has twice missed her last dart to record a nine-dart finish. One was a double 18 for $100,000 at an event in Canada and another missed double was for a car at an event in Ireland. Nine-dart finish A nine-dart finish is a perfect leg in the sport of darts, using only nine darts, the fewest possible, to check out from 501. It is notoriously difficult to achieve, even by the game's top professionals. It is considered to be the highest single-game achievement in the"
"The total number of different ways of achieving 501 with 9 darts is 3,944, of which 2,296 finish with the BULL, 672 end on D20, 792 on D18, 56 end with D17, 120 finish on D15, and 8 end with D12. The first televised nine dart finish was achieved at the MFI World Matchplay on 13 October 1984 by John Lowe, who used the third method (with the T17 first, then T18, D18) above as his outshot after scoring two maximum 180s. For this he received a prize of £102,000, and he went on to win the whole event. This"
"the professional dart players go against each other in a standard game of darts: first to 501 from 0 wins, and players must end in a double. Any 180s award that team an automatic £500; nine-dart legs award the player £1,000. The contestants play with their professional player in a round of doubles darts. The points they have accrued in the previous rounds are taken off 501 to start with. Whichever team gets to 0 first wins and goes on to play The Final Throw. The darts player are given two minutes to hit the triples around the outside to"
"the end of the game. Six rounds of darts, the first five are scored at their value (missing the board is 30 points), while the sixth round is one dart that subtracts from the current total. Objective is to be the first team to reach a score of 150, with only 1-12 counting towards a player's score. Doubles and triples of 1-12 still count, though throws must single in and out. Scoring a bullseye (an ice breaker) will put everyone’s score back to zero. Only three ice breakers can be scored per game. Of the two professional organisations, the British"
"on the board. A nine dart finish is also attainable in games which require a double to commence scoring (a ""double-in"", such games are thus termed ""double-in double-out"" with the existing double-out requirement). In such games, throwing for double 20 first can lead to a maximum score of 160 with the first throw, leaving the thrower commonly requiring 180 then 161 (T20,T17,BULL) in their remaining six darts, though other outcomes are possible. It is worth noting that in these games, only throwing for double 20, double 17, or bullseye to start the leg can result in a nine dart finish."
"both the first two darts do not land in any of the 20 numbers). Since the first dart sets the number, players will sometimes shun shooting at the 20, since a small miss will result in either a 1 or a 5 being set as the number. Often two adjacent numbers with solid values, such as 11/14 and 10/15 are chosen by lower-skilled players, since a small miss there does not result is such a large penalty (if you miss the 14 you'll still land in the 11, etc.). The maximum score in an inning is 300 points (3 corks)."
"that can be scored with any one dart. Thus 180 is the maximum score of a shot, and nine throws are the minimum necessary to win. Although many other combinations are possible, the traditional nine-dart finish requires a score of 60 (treble 20) with each of the first six throws, that is, with the first two shots of three. This leaves 141 to score on the final shot (of three darts), known as the outshot. This outshot is traditionally performed in one of three ways: Another way is to score 167 with each set of three darts, scoring a perfect"
"Set (darts) A set in darts consists of a sequence of legs (games) played, ending when the count of legs won meets certain criteria. Throwing first is considered an advantage in a leg, so players alternate who throws first in each leg during the set. Generally, a set will consist of the best of five legs (first player to win three) - although there are some exceptions. The most notable being the Winmau World Masters, where a set is the best of three legs (first to two). During the final of the 2007 PDC World Darts Championship, Raymond van Barneveld"
"the player with the smaller score is in a better position to win. At the beginning of a leg, ""smaller"" has the usual meaning of absolute value, and the basic strategy is to aim at high-value areas on the dartboard and score as many points as possible. At the end of a leg, since one needs to double out to win, the 2-adic norm becomes the relevant measure. With any odd score no matter how small in absolute value, it takes at least two darts to win. Any even score between 2 and 40 can be satisfied with a single"
"The maximum score for a team (two players) is 600 points. Corks and scoring numbers can be combined; for instance, if a player shoots a double 20, a cork, and a single 20, that player would score 160 points (40 + 100 + 20). If a player shoots a single 20, a double 5, and a single 20, that player would score 40 points (20 + 0 + 20), since the dart in the 5 would not count (20 having been established as the ""number"" for that inning). The name Strikeout comes from the method of eliminating players/teams. Once a"
"Wayne Mardle Wayne Elliot Mardle (born 10 May 1973) is an English retired professional darts player for the Professional Darts Corporation events, and former player in the BDO. He now lives in Romford. Before turning professional, he worked for the Association of Accounting Technicians. He has been known as ""Hawaii 501"" since 2000, a play on the title of the popular television series, ""Hawaii Five-O"", due to the Hawaiian shirts he started wearing in 1998 for a bet, and 501 being the start score of a leg of darts. This dress sense coupled with his crowd-pleasing onstage activity (such as"
"formula_8<br> formula_9<br> formula_10<br> formula_11<br> formula_12 Double or Quits Double or Quits is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. The game is so called because the cards are built in a pattern where the value doubles and decreases by 13 if necessary. The game starts with eight cards dealt in a 3x3 grid with a hollow center. The middle card of the bottom row becomes the foundation and all other cards form the reserve. The illustration below shows the layout: The foundation is built regardless of suit using a sequence in which the value doubles: A-2-4-8-3-6-Q-J-9-5-10-7-A-2,"
"board, with the time beginning when their first dart hits the double 1. They take it in turns to throw three darts each; while one dart player retrieves their darts from the board, the other one throws. For each target hit, £1,000 is added to the prize pool (for a maximum prize of £20,000). Each pro player then teams up with an amateur player and two of their friends. The teams then go head-to-head. For every round a team wins, they win ten points towards the Doubles Decider. The host flings quick-fire questions at the teams for 45 seconds on"
"sixty points, a double 9 is worth eighteen points, a single 11 is worth eleven points, and so on. The center cork is worth 100 points. Players attempt to accumulate as many points as possible with their three darts. If playing as a team, the teammates shoot in sequence, with their individual scores added together to get their team score. The key rule of Strikeout is that the first dart to land in the 20-number scoring area sets that shooter's ""number"" for the remainder of the inning. Once that number is set, that number is the only number that can"
"numbers on the board minus the bulls-eye, the numbers 15 through 20 and the bull's-eye, or random number selections. Like with most dart games, 3 darts are thrown each turn per player. If teams are used, turns alternate between opposing players, i.e. Team 1, Player 1 -> Team 2, Player 1 -> Team 1, Player 2 -> Team 2, Player 2, etc. Numbers can be closed in the standard fashion i.e. hitting a single 3 times, hitting a double and a single, hitting a triple, etc. A closing variation, when using only the numbers 1-20, is a single hit on"
"Double or Quits Double or Quits is a solitaire card game using a deck of 52 playing cards. The game is so called because the cards are built in a pattern where the value doubles and decreases by 13 if necessary. The game starts with eight cards dealt in a 3x3 grid with a hollow center. The middle card of the bottom row becomes the foundation and all other cards form the reserve. The illustration below shows the layout: The foundation is built regardless of suit using a sequence in which the value doubles: A-2-4-8-3-6-Q-J-9-5-10-7-A-2, etc. For instance, if the"
"rounds. All tournaments are standard 501 double-out games except where noted. PDC World Championship Darts PDC World Championship Darts is a sports video game, published by Oxygen Interactive and developed and designed by Mere Mortals. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and PC. The game features ten professionals from the Professional Darts Corporation, and five tournaments from the PDC circuit. A sequel was produced the following year, ""PDC World Championship Darts 2008. The game chiefly attempts to recreate playing real Darts through the functions of the controller and the rules set within the game. A variety of modes are"
"possible with three darts is 180, commonly known as a ""ton 80"" (100 points is called a ton), obtained when all three darts land in the triple 20. In the televised game, the referee frequently announces a score of 180 in exuberant style. A ""quad"" ring appeared briefly between the triple ring and the bull in the 1990s, leading to a potential ""240"" maximum (three quad-20s), a ""210"" maximum checkout (Q20-Q20-Bull) and ""seven"" dart finishes from a 501 start (five quad-20s, triple-17, bullseye), but was swiftly dropped from professional tournament play after only two years. One make of this board"
"180 (video game) 180 is a darts video game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit family and MSX. The player competes in 501 darts against other darts players waiting in a championship tournament with normal darts rules applying, subtracting your score from 501 to zero whilst finishing on a double. Beginning at the quarter finals, the player must win a best of three match to advance through the tournament. Win another match in the semi final stage to advance to the final and face the World Champion Jammy Jim. In the final match however, the"
"effort to go out as quickly as possible. When any player goes out, the play ends and the score of each partnership is figured as a unit. The game is over when either side reaches +500. The team with the highest score over 500 wins, even if a team goes out first. The game is the same as partnership 500 rum, with the following exceptions, and the pack is 56 cards: the standard 52 cards plus four jokers. Each joker counts as 20 points, and jokers may not be used in sequences or as wild cards, but only in groups"
"barrel of another scores no points at all. It is considered the same as if it missed the board. One notable etiquette difference from traditional ""English"" style darts is that in American Darts, each player leaves the thrown darts in the board for the next player, rather than retrieving them. This is done for several practical reasons: The standard game is Baseball (also known as ""1 to 9""). Players take turns shooting three darts at each inning. They begin with inning number one and continue in order until they have shot nine innings. Darts landing in the thin uncolored outermost"
"the 'powerplays' and count the full score, the following 5 sets of darts score half points, rounded up. Example score: Set 1; 20, 20, 1 (41 PTS) Set 2; 14, 40, 20 (74 PTS) Set 3; 20, 1, 5 (13 PTS) Set 4; 15, 3, 20 (19 PTS) Set 5; 60, 15, 15 (45 PTS) Set 6; 15, 20, 5 (20 PTS) Set 7; 14, 13, 24 (26 PTS) Total scored - 238 The 'bowler' has 6 sets of darts to take the ten wickets to bowl the batting side out. Wickets are taken by scoring either outer bull (2"
"awarded to players who play certain cards. 500 rum is played using a standard French deck and can use 52 cards, or 53-54 cards including one or two jokers. When playing with 5 or more players, two decks of cards should be used with a total of 104-108 cards. The players draw for deal, low dealing first. Ace is the lowest card in the draw. The dealer shuffles, and the player to the right cuts. The dealer completes the cut and deals cards one at a time to each player face down, clockwise starting at the dealers left. The number"
"£4,000<br> First round losers - £2,000 Nine-dart jackpot - Unknown<br> Highest checkout - £2,000 The top 16 players from the PDC Order of Merit after the 2008 Sky Poker World Grand Prix automatically qualified for the event. Then the top 8 non-qualified players from the 2008 Players Championship Order of Merit after the October German Darts Trophy in Dinslaken, Germany joined them to make a field of 24. The main European contingent then came from the following: the leading 4 non-qualified players from the 2008 Continental Europe Order of Merit following the October German Darts Trophy in Dinslaken, the top"
"20, they would be scored as zero. Once a player establishes a poor number, the best strategy for the remainder of the inning is to just shoot at the 100-point cork, since even three darts in triple 1 would score only nine points. If the first dart does not land in one of the 20 scoring numbers (either misses the board completely, or hits the 100-point cork), the ""number"" is not yet established for that inning, and the shooter is still free to score in any of the 20 numbers on the second dart (likewise for the third dart, if"
"5 points. The winner is 'the last man standing'. Lawn darts (also called Jarts or yard darts) is a lawn game based on darts. The game play and objective are similar to both horseshoes and darts. The darts are similar to the ancient Roman plumbata. Moving Target is a darts game for two or more players in which each round, one player serves as the ""setter"" to set the target, and each other player is a ""scorer"" and tries to score points. The role of ""setter"" rotates from player to player each round. The first player to reach 21 points"
"to complete the 32 man field. All matches race-to-5/best of 9. NB in Brackets: Number = Seeds; BDO = BDO Darts player; RQ = Ranking Qualifier; Q = Qualifier<br> NB: P = Played; W = Won; L = Lost; LF = Legs For; LA = Legs Against; +/- = Plus/Minus Record, in relation to legs; Average = 3-dart average; Pts = Points Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 3 Chris Mason <br> Highest Checkout: 157 (Mason) Adrian Lewis 5 – 4 Dennis Priestley <br> Highest Checkout: 150 (Lewis) Raymond van Barneveld 5 – 3 Adrian Lewis <br> Highest Checkout: 121 (Lewis)"