Nine dart finish

With Nine dart finish ( also Nine Darter or 9 -dart -out, 9- darter in German ) is an optimal passage referred to a 501er darts game. This result is similar to a hole-in -one in golf, a Perfect Game in Bowling and baseball or the maximum break in snooker.

Background

When 501er game is about to reduce their own score from 501 to zero first. There are to many choices, however, it is necessary at least nine darts.

• Double -Out: According to international rules, the game must be terminated with a throw in a double box (also known as Double ). There are 71 possible solutions for a nine dart finish.

• Double-In: In some tournaments will be played in Double-In mode (such as in PDC World Grand Prix). Here is how to play the Double -Out, but in addition, each player must be playing with the start throw into any double - box. In this version, there are 25 possibilities for the 9- darter, which can start only on DB ( double bull = Bullseye ), D20 or D17 and end.

Variants

Usual solutions in the standard game mode

Professional players prefer the following variants in the first six times the triple - box (even triple- box ) is hit 20; so that they can ever pull off 360 points from its score. For the last shot, so the last three throws, available to players open one of several approaches to bring the remaining 141 points to zero:

• TRIPLE 20 (60 ), Triple -19 ( 57) and double -12 ( 24)
• TRIPLE 20 (60 ), Triple -17 ( 51) and double -15 ( 30)
• TRIPLE 20 (60 ), Triple -15 (45) and double -18 ( 36)
• TRIPLE 19 (57 ), Triple -18 ( 54) and double -15 ( 30)
• TRIPLE 19 (57 ), Triple -16 ( 48) and double -18 ( 36)
• TRIPLE 18 (54 ), Triple -17 ( 51) and double -18 ( 36)
• TRIPLE 17 (51), Bullseye (50) and double -20 ( 40)

Possible solutions in Double-In - game mode

In Double In - game mode, only two basic solutions are possible, which differ in double box with what plays next to the bullseye of the players. This double box and Bullseye are playable in reverse order, the triple - fields can also be thrown in any order:

• Double -17 ( 34), six triple -20 ( 360), triple -19 ( 57) and Bullseye (50 )
• Double -20 ( 40), six triple -20 ( 360), triple -17 ( 51) and Bullseye (50 )

The expert solution

There are for the standard variant with Double -out a special solution, which is regarded as the perfect 9 -dart -out. However, this solution is so difficult to perform that it is attempted only with show performances of a handful of professional dart players usually, but has not yet been achieved. For this, the player must throw the following combination three times, each with 167 points:

• Triple -20 ( 60), triple -19 ( 57) and Bullseye (50 )

9- Dart Finishes (shown on TV)

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