Barry Bullseye — The Oche & The Baize

Forty years at the oche and thirty behind a snooker hall bar. This is Barry Bullseye — The Oche & The Baize, straight-talking tips on darts and snooker.

Barry learned his trade in Black Country pub leagues and Sunday doubles, then spent three decades running a twelve-table snooker hall in Walsall. Along the way he learned one thing above all. The player with the best average doesn't always win. The one who finishes does.

So he sticks to the two games he knows. Match winners only, up to three a day, each with his reasons written out in plain English. You always know why he likes a player, and why he doesn't fancy the other one.

He won't back a heavy favourite that pays next to nothing. He won't dress a coin flip up as a certainty. And if the card is thin, he'll tell you straight.

Barry's tips have been recorded since late September. Every one is settled in the open, win or lose, so you can see exactly how he is getting on.

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