@menacedartshq: Reactions to hitting a 170 checkout are professional darts' most electric and spontaneous crowd moments — the instant treble 20, treble 20, bullseye are confirmed and the arena erupts in the collective realisation that the maximum checkout in the sport has just been completed. The 170 Big Fish is darts' most celebrated finishing combination — and the reactions it generates from players, opponents, and crowds have produced some of the sport's most iconic and relentlessly shared moments. Luke Littler's fishing rod celebration — miming casting a rod and reeling in his catch — has become the most recognisable 170 reaction in professional darts, deployed at the 2026 Premier League in Cardiff, the World Cup against Wales in Frankfurt, and the 2024 UK Open against James Wade to the delight of thousands of fans. Michael van Gerwen's fist pump and open-armed celebration communicates the unbridled joy of a man for whom the Big Fish is almost routine — 30-plus career 170 checkouts and counting. The most extraordinary crowd reaction to a 170 came at the 2024 World Championship when a 16-year-old Littler turned to Brendan Dolan's side of the Alexandra Palace crowd, asked them whether he should go for the bull, and then attempted it — prompting Wayne Mardle to declare "he's asking them — Luke it's not a committee" as the crowd roared. In 2026, the 170 checkout reaction remains professional darts' most purely, relentlessly joyful shared experience. #darts #dartslive #lukelittler #dartsofusa #dartscommunity

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