Darius Samual got here into the 2024 World Sequence of Poker with simply eight recorded match cashes to his title, and no prior final-table finishes. The British businessman took a danger early within the sequence, placing up round half of his poker bankroll to enter the $25,000 buy-in heads-up no-limit maintain’em championship.
The gamble paid off large, as Samual went on to prime the sector if 64 entries to earn $500,000 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
“I principally put 50 p.c of my bankroll on one match. I actually wished to go for it and this payout is like 95 p.c of my poker cash now. I took a shot! I believe I used to be the one one who didn’t care in regards to the bracelet, I solely cared in regards to the cash,” Samual informed WSOP reporters after the occasion had completed.
After this victory, Samual now has $585,000 in complete match earnings. He additionally secured 504 Card Participant Participant of the 12 months factors and 300 PokerGO Tour factors for the win.
Samual got here out on prime in six consecutive one-on-one matches to safe the bracelet, dealing with James Chen, Ian Matakis, Matthew Wantman, John Smith, Artur Martirosian, and Faraz Jaka.
In his penultimate match, Samual squared off once more Martirosian, the 2021 European Poker Tour Sochi champion and two-time bracelet winner and have become the primary participant to guide a spot within the finals. The match concluded when Samual three-bet shoved excessive of Martirosian’s button min-raise for practically 34 large blinds efficient with A
Ok
. Martirosian known as with A10. The board got here down 6Ok63J and Samual’s kings and sixes earned him the knockout. Martirosian earned $180,000 for making it to the ultimate 4. He now has greater than $16.8 million in recorded match earnings to his title. He additionally collected 294 POY factors, bringing his complete on the yr to 1,747. He now sits in 78th place within the 2024 standings offered by International Poker.
Moments after Samual booked his spot within the finals, Jaka completed off the opposite semifinal match. He had roughly a 5:1 lead when the ultimate hand was dealt. Jaka known as a button shove from Nikolai Mamut for simply over 16 large blinds with A
J and located himself forward of Ok
Q. Neither participant improved on a ten-high runout and Jaka’s ace was sufficient to finish the match. Mamut grew his profession earnings to $685,000 with this deep run.
Samual jumped out to an early lead within the last match due to successful an enormous pot with a turned flush towards Jaka’s prime pair of kings. The 2 went on to battle for practically three hours, with Samual forward via a lot of the conflict. Samual had prolonged his result in roughly a 3:1 benefit earlier than Jaka gained a basic preflop race with A-Ok dealing with pocket queens. Jaka flopped aces up and held to double again to almost even.
Samual was in a position to pull again out in entrance in time for the ultimate hand of the match. Jaka min-raised to 240,000 from the button with A6. Samual, who sat with 5,970,000, three-bet shoved holding OkQ. Jaka known as all-in for 3,630,000 complete after loads of thought. The flop got here down AOkQ to provide Jaka prime pair, however Samual made kings and queens to take the lead. The 7 on the flip left Jaka in want of assist with just one card to come back. The three modified nothing and Jaka was eradicated in second place, incomes $300,000 for his robust exhibiting. The 2023 WSOP $1,500 shootout winner now has practically $7.8 million in profession earnings, with over $2.3 million of that coming from his 75 cashes in bracelet occasions.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on this occasion:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
PGT Factors
Champion
Darius Samual
$500,000
504
300
Finalist
Faraz Jaka
$300,000
420
180
Semi-Finalist
Nikolai Mamut
$180,000
294
108
Semi-Finalist
Artur Martirosian
$180,000
294
108
Quarter Finalist
John Smith
$86,000
0
52
Quarter Finalist
Marko Grujic
$86,000
0
52
Quarter Finalist
Owen Messere
$86,000
0
52
Quarter Finalist
Patrick Kennedy
$86,000
0
52
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Photograph credit: WSOP / Hayley Hochstetler.
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