Grand Slam of Darts: Tips, prediction & betting odds

1983 World Darts Champion Keith Deller MBE shares his best bets for the 2024 Grand Slam of Darts as Luke Humphries bids to defend his Wolverhampton crown.

Grand Slam of Darts Tips

Luke Humphries - To Win Outright @ 3/1
Josh Rock - To Win Outright (EW) @ 28/1
Cameron Menzies - To Win Outright (EW) @ 40/1

Luke Humphries to win the Grand Slam of Darts

Luke Humphries - To Win Outright @ 3/1

I feel a little bit like a broken record, but once again I will be backing Luke Humphries to win this year's Grand Slam of Darts.

Truth be told, he's just almost impossible to look beyond at this moment in time because he is, by far and away, the best player on the planet.

Of course, there are others who can, and wilI, challenge him, but if he is right at it then I just don't see anybody being able to stop him.

I know he fell short at the World Grand Prix but in that unique doubles format, anything can happen - as was proven.

Luke has been reaching finals with remarkable regularity and the burden of being the defending champion over the next nine days or so shouldn't be a burden to him. If anything, it will spur him on.

Like all of the seeds, first and foremost, he just needs to get through the shorter-format, and dangerous, group stage. If he does, then the competition will move to best-of-19 which I really expect him to excel in.

His biggest threats for the title seemingly lie in Luke Littler and Michael van Gerwen, and I know for a fact that MVG has been throwing some astronomical averages in practise of late, and he will be chomping at the bit to find a way back to winning form.

But, crucially, both of those players are in the opposite half of the draw to Luke Humphries - meaning he will only have to face one of them in the final, if things play out the way I feel they will.

Over the past 12 months, Luke has more often than not been reaching the finals, and I would be very surprised not to see him toeing the oche next Sunday evening, and subsequently going on to record a Grand Slam double.

Grand Slam of Darts Each-Way Tips

Josh Rock - To Win Outright (EW) @ 28/1
Cameron Menzies - To Win Outright (EW) @ 40/1

Whilst Luke Humphries is my strong tip for this tournament, I've picked out a couple of outsiders who are more than capable of springing a surprise in Wolverhampton.

We've seen shocks aplenty at the Grand Slam in previous years, and who knows, we could see one of those mid-ranked players last the distance this time around.

The two I have picked out are Josh Rock and Cameron Menzies - two players who could well make a mockery of their hefty prices.

Lots was made of Josh when he burst onto the scene a couple of years ago, and whilst he has maybe gone off the radar a tad - largely down to Luke Littler's emergence - he is still a player who possesses bundles of talent.

It's maybe more of a mental thing with him at the minute, but once he breaks his duck, then I really expect those wins to become far more frequent.

Cameron Menzies is another player that I really like, albeit one who hasn't yet managed to forge that big breakthrough.

He was one of my underdog selections at the World Darts Championship last year, along with Littler, and whilst he didn't quite enjoy the same fanfare as 'The Nuke', he remains a player capable of producing top quality darts.

He has been really consistent this year, reaching quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals of numerous floor tournaments, while just last week he landed his maiden PDC title at the Players Championship 29.

Cameron is a player who is bang in form, and given he is in one of the kinder groups alongside Danny Noppert, Martin Schindler and Beau Greaves, he could well gain some early confidence to help him enjoy the deepest TV run of his career so far.