9 dart finish combinations.

Cheeky Monkey said:

"I could have been a contender" on the darts stage if I'd been any good at maths. It always amazes me at how these professional players, who are hardly rocket scientists, are so good at adding up and can work out their finishes almost instantly in their heads with all that pressure. I'd be standing there for five minutes trying to add on my fingers.

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Vatican Citys No.2 Keeper said:

They have a screen to the side of the board which tells them what the possible out shots they have i believe

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BensGrandad said:

In Fridays Star it said that there are 4,944 combinations of how to complete a 9 dart game how many do we know:

I will start with a few: Treble 20 (180) , Treble 20,(180), treble 17 Treble 18 Double 18 (141) = 501.

180, 180, Treble 19 Treble 18 Double 15.
180 180 Treble 20 Treble 19 Double 12 (the usual)
180 180 Treble 17 Bull Double 20

Any not starting with 180 180?

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TonyW said:

They don't work them out, they learn them.
Throw after throw after throw, they are constantly going for the same finish combinations in hours and hours and hours of practise.

It's repetition that does it.

You only have to see their confused little faces on stage when they sometimes miss a big number or land in the wrong treble.
Most of them are completely incapable of recalculating, so they ask the referee what they have left.

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