SteveJJ wrote:Although would having proper round robin groups, increase the chances of betting irregularities, especially around dead rubbers?
If you had 12 players in four groups of three then in theory then you could set the matches in a group to ensure that the last game couldn't be a dead rubber
E.g. the first match would be Player 1 (Ronnie) v Player 2 (Robertson)
The second match would be Player 3 (Higgins) v the loser of the first game
The third match would be Player 3 v the winner of the first game.
Meaning that the last game would be either a straight Shootout between two players on 1 win each or a match where all three players would still be in contention.
The Champions League Darts arranges the matches so that the winners of the first round of games and the losers of the first round of games play eachother in the second round of games meaning at least one game in the final round will be 'active' as it were
If you made groups of 4 double elimination then you would guarantee that there were no dead rubber matches