World Series of Darts Festival

, where the festival took place The World Series of Darts Festival was a series of five professional darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) and took place in the Tropicana Ballroom of the Tropicana Hotel, in Las Vegas, Nevada, between 26 and 30 June 2010, The five events were the World Cricket Championship (WCC), the PDC US Open Players Championship (USOPC), the Las Vegas Players Championship 1 (LVPC1), the Las Vegas Players Championship 2 (LVPC2) and the North American Darts Championship (NADC). A total of 155 entrants composed of 82 from the Professional Dart Players Association and 73 from North America played in the World Series of Darts Festival. Each of the five tournaments began at 12:00 local time and were contested to a different length. WCC games were best-of-five legs with the remaining four competitions being best-of-eleven legs. The NADC saw 80 participants from Canada and the United States with eight seeds from the top-ranked eight players on the PDC Order of Merit. Seeds were not used for the WCC but were for the three Players Championship events. Prize money The prize money for each of the five competitions is shown below. A total of £200,000 was divided between the five tournaments with a rolling nine-dart finish prize of £400 per PDC Pro Tour competition. World Cricket Championship • Champion: £4,000 • Runner-up: £2,000 • Semi-final: (×2): £900 • Quarter-finals (×4): £450 • Last 16 (×8): £225 • Last 32 (×16): £125 • Last 64 (×32): £50 • Total: £15,000 Players Championship events • Champion: £6,000 • Runner-up: £3,000 • Semi-final (×2): £1,500 • Quarter-final (×4): £1,000 • Last 16 (×8): £500 • Last 32 (×16): £300 • Last 64 (×32): £200 • Total: £31,600 North American Darts Championship • Champion: £5,000 • Runner-up: £2,500 • Semi-final (×2): £1,250 • Quarter-final (×4): £700 • Last 16 (×8): £300 • Last 32 (×16): £200 • Last 64 (×32): £100 • Total: £22,000 ==Tournament summary==

The event began with the WCC on 26 June, which was the second of the ten non-ranking events on the 2010 calendar. Phil Taylor, the world number one, defeated Howard Meyers, Andy Fordham, Kirk Shepherd, Richie Burnett and Steve Beaton to reach the semi-finals, while Mark Walsh lost five only legs en route to beating Scott Kirchner, Adrian Lewis, Vincent van der Voort, Andy Hamilton and Ronnie Baxter to reach the same stage. Walsh beat Darin Young 3–1 for the first final spot and Taylor took the second with a 3–0 whitewash of Mark Dudbridge. Walsh won the first two legs before Taylor took the next two to equalise at 2–2. In the final leg, Taylor secured the 20 bed before Walsh took the 19, 18, 17 and 15 beds. Taylor said he was "really happy" to win due to the difficulty of playing the cricket format but commented it "really makes you think and it's a great leveller." Colin Lloyd won £2,000 prize money for achieving a nine-dart finish in his 6–3-second round victory over Dave Switzer, the third of his professional career. After Whitlock won the opening leg on the double 10 ring, Anderson took three legs in a row to lead 3–1. Both players shared the next two legs before Whitlock won legs seven and eight to tie at 4–4. Finishes on the double 20 and 8 rings gave Anderson a 6–4 victory. It was Anderson's third tournament win of the season, earning a provisional top 16 spot in the PDC Order of Merit, with Paul Nicholson at risk of failing to qualify for the Players Championship Finals with Heydon ahead of him in its Order of Merit. joined by Wade who beat MacNeil, Tony Randell, Robert Thornton, Van der Voort, Whitlock and Lloyd. It was Stompe's first PDC Pro Tour event win since he made his PDC debut in 2008, The last tournament was the NADC on 30 June, the third of the ten non-ranking competitions in the 2010 season. Part called it "an emotional day and not easy to play" but felt he had played better than in previous tournaments. ==Results==

Numbers given to the left of players' names show the seedings for four of the five tournaments. N/A indicates the competitor was not seeded for their competition. Players in bold denote match winners from the quarter-finals to the final of each event. US Open Players Championship The USOPC featured 32 seeds and best-of-11 leg games. Las Vegas Players Championship 1 The first LVPC had 32 seeds and best-of-11 legs matches. Las Vegas Players Championship 2 The second LVPC featured 32 seeds and best-of-11 games. North American Darts Championship The NADC featured 8 seeds and best-of-11 leg matches. ==Notes==