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Darius Samual is now a World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner. On Saturday, Samuel won Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up NL Hold’em Championship at the 2024 WSOP for $500,000.
Samual defeated James Chen in Round 1, Ian Matakis in Round 2, Matthew Wantman in Round 3, John Smith in the Quarterfinal Round, Artur Martirosian in the Semifinal Round, and Faraz Jaka in the Final Round.
During the final match, Samuel had the upper hand, constantly separating himself from Jaka and keeping his opponent at arm’s length. At one point, Samuel had a big lead and found two queens. He took those queens up against Jaka’s ace-king, but Jaka won the flip to get back into the match. Samuel didn’t waver and eventually sealed the deal.
On the final hand, Jaka was all in and at risk with ace-six of spades and up against Samual’s king-queen. Jaka flopped an ace, but the flop also contained a king and a queen to give Samual two pair. The turn and river were clean for Samual and the 39-year-old businessman from England was crowned champion.
2024 WSOP Event #6 Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Darius Samual | United Kingdom | $500,000 |
| 2nd | Faraz Jaka | United States | $300,000 |
| 3rd | Nikolai Mamut | United Kingdom | $180,000 |
| 4th | Artur Martirosian | Russia | $180,000 |
| 5th | John Smith | United States | $86,000 |
| 6th | Marko Grujic | Serbia | $86,000 |
| 7th | Owen Messere | United Kingdom | $86,000 |
| 8th | Patrick Kennedy | United Kingdom | $86,000 |
Prior to this event, Samual’s biggest live tournament score was just over $44,000. Now only did he best that with a payout worth more than 10 times the amount, but it came with the most coveted prize in all of poker, a WSOP gold bracelet.
The $25,000 Heads-Up NL Hold’em Championship at the 2024 WSOP is a PGT-qualifying event. With the victory, Samuel earned 300 PGT leaderboard points.
PGT Leaderboard Top 10
| Rank | Player | PGT Points | Wins | Cashes | Winnings |
| 1st | David Coleman | 1,304 | 4 | 11 | $999,200 |
| 2nd | Aram Zobian | 1,131 | 2 | 11 | $1,000,090 |
| 3rd | Dylan Weisman | 1,126 | 3 | 10 | $1,155,640 |
| 4th | Daniel Negreanu | 896 | 1 | 11 | $776,750 |
| 5th | Samuli Sipila | 749 | 2 | 4 | $776,140 |
| 6th | Stephen Chidwick | 711 | 1 | 8 | $847,875 |
| 7th | Kristen Foxen | 678 | 1 | 5 | $463,025 |
| 8th | Joey Weissman | 643 | 1 | 7 | $642,950 |
| 9th | Jesse Lonis | 634 | 1 | 9 | $632,00 |
| 10th | Jonathan Little | 591 | 2 | 5 | $771,850 |
These are the leaderboard standings as of Saturday, June 1, 2024. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.
Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up NL Hold’em Championship attracted a field of 64 entries, creating a prize pool north of $1,500,000. The top eight finishers placed in the money.
The final day of Event #6: $25,000 Heads-Up NL Hold’em Championship was livestreamed on PokerGO starting with the Semifinal Round. To relive the action, please visit PokerGO.com.
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