Darts star Adam Hunt remarkably threw bullseyes three times in a row during his Players Championship defeat by Benjamin Reus. The Hunter was told he should have been automatically handed a victory after his sensational trio of throws.
Hunt was losing by five legs to three against Reus and was ultimately beaten 6-3. But he produced some remarkable accuracy in the deciding leg in an attempt to claw the match back in his favour.
The 31-year-old approached the oche trailing 125-305 in the final leg. His first two throws landed on the bullseye. He then sized up his options ahead of his final throw, opting to also go for the middle.
Reus had taken control of the leg, with commentator Dan McCarthy declaring: “Despite that errant last dart, beginning to fire on all cylinders.”
However, McCarthy and fellow commentator Colin Lloyd were soon mesmerised by Hunt’s next round of throws.
“Well that leaves 205,” McCarthy continued as Hunt’s first two darts struck the bullseye. Remarkably, the world No. 125 then threw his third throw right into the middle of the board.
Stunned by the third throw also hitting bullseye, McCarthy gasped and continued: “Oh, why not? Give Adam Hunt the match now!”
Hunt’s defeat came after he produced a shock to beat world No 30 Brendan Dolan on Tuesday. However, he subsequently lost in Players Championship 27 against Martin Schindler, falling to a 6-2 drubbing.
Having qualified for a two-year PDC Tour card through Q-School earlier this year, Hunt says his ambition is to rank in the top 64 to avoid having to go through the qualification process again.
He told YouTube channel TungstenTales earlier this year: “I don’t want to go back to Q School, that’s for sure. I definitely want to be in the top 64 and further down as well. I want to be further up the rankings as much as possible.
“I’d love to be back at Ally Pally (Alexandra Palace), that’s the main one. Especially after what’s happened this year, possibly one of the best World Championships ever.”
Hunt had previously expressed a belief that many PDC Tour Card holders would struggle to get out of Q School. He clarified those comments, adding: “There’s only like 10 per cent of the room on stage two who are going to get through.
“So there’s 90 per cent who are going home disappointed. That’s the more intense bit than anything, I didn’t mean ability-wise or anything. I just mean because there’s only so many spots. Fourteen in the UK and 17 in Europe, so out of 128 people there are going to be 114 people going home disappointed.”