Three doubles before scoring: the Buntings try Darts VS Pool
Stephen and Toby meet professional pool players David McNamara and Tom Jones, with handicaps changing at the pool table.
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Darts VS Pool
Stephen and Toby Bunting gave their pool-playing guests a head start, but kept a complication waiting for them at the other end of the challenge. In "Darts VS Pool", David McNamara and Tom Jones start on 301, while the Buntings must hit three doubles before they can begin scoring.
Then the advantage flips. At the pool table, the professionals can use only the pockets on one side and must finish with a trick shot on the black. It is a neat way to bring two pub games together without pretending that everyone arrives with the same skills.
The challenge was the most watched of The Bunting Effect's three new uploads, reaching roughly 80,000 views. Beneath it, viewers are discussing Stephen's quick recall of checkout combinations, with one asking for a series explaining counting and patterns. Others pick out Tom's break and the third leg, while the question of which sport requires more skill gets its own discussion.
Pool also supplies the channel's strongest daily draw right now: "Weird Pool Rule?! 🤔" is adding views faster than the full challenge. The week's other arrival, "Funny Darts Throw 😂", recreates an unusual throw, while the older "Weird Darts Throw 😂" remains a substantial daily draw of its own.
Across the library, the channel added about 819,000 views over the week. Subscribers stayed unchanged, but daily viewing is now more than double its usual pace. For Stephen's channel, the pool-table detour has become a meaningful part of a week otherwise punctuated by comic darts throws.
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What viewers say
Just hearing Stephen rattle off the outshot combos even for the big misses is super inspiring. Stephen. Maybe consider a series on counting and ways to look at the patterns.
@AdvancedLawnSee it on YouTubeThe ultimate pub duo😂
@UncleMillin11See it on YouTubeThe third leg was drama😂
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What’s more skilful — darts or pool?
@TheBuntingEffectSee it on YouTubeGreat video. Toms break is unreal
@garethllewellyn1719See it on YouTubeThat was a brilliant display of different sports coming together purely for the fun of it — no egos or bravado. Best regards to you all; your genuine nature really shone through.
@JohnRitson78See it on YouTubegenerational vid champ, love from canada
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The videos drawing views on The Bunting Effect right now
- Channel
- The Bunting Effect
- Subscribers
- 167,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 818,836
- Videos published this week
- 3
- Video published
- October 8, 2026
- Video views so far
- 79,844
- Views on its first day
- 43,275
The numbers
Here is how The Bunting Effect's viewing and subscriber totals shaped up this week.
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What must the professional pool players do to finish the pool challenge?
The description makes a trick shot on the black part of the professionals' handicap.





