Dario Sammartino has been agonizingly near successful a World Series of Poker bracelet a number of instances. While he most famously completed because the runner-up within the 2019 WSOP principal occasion for a $6,000,000 payday, the Italian poker professional has one other runner-up exhibiting and ten different top-five finishes in bracelet occasions.
After all of these near-misses, Sammartino lastly landed the trophy within the 2024 WSOP $2,500 blended Omaha eight-or-better and stud eight-or-better occasion. He topped a discipline of 507 entries to earn his first bracelet and the highest prize of $222,703.
Sammartino now has greater than $17.4 million in profession match earnings, extending his lead atop Italy’s all-time cash record. He now has greater than a $4.6 million lead on second-ranked Mustapha Kanit.
This occasion awarded 1,260 Card Player Player of the Year factors to the highest finisher. This was Sammartino’s first POY-qualified rating to this point, nevertheless it alone was sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 225 within the 2024 standings introduced by Global Poker.
The $1,128,075 prize pool for this occasion was cut up amongst the highest 77 finishers. Notables that ran deep included 2005 WSOP principal occasion champion Joe Hachem (thirty seventh), five-time bracelet winner Robert Mizrachi (thirty first), bracelet winner Yueqi Zhu (twenty ninth), five-time bracelet winner Benny Glaser (twenty third), bracelet winner Joey Couden (seventh), and Matt Vengrin (sixth).
The third and last day of play started with bracelet winner and 2004 WSOP principal occasion runner-up David Williams and Sammartino basically tied for the chip lead, whereas four-time bracelet winner Jeff Madsen sat within the center of the pack with 21 gamers remaining.
That trio and Jon Kyte made it all the way down to the ultimate 4. Madsen’s run led to fourth place ($71,810), with Kyte scooping the pot in stud eight-or-better with a pair of queens.
Williams quickly adopted when his flush draw, open-ended straight draw, and backside pair bumped into the highest set of jacks held by Sammartino in Omaha eight-or-better. The set held as much as see Williams despatched to the rail with $102,335. He now has greater than $9.5 million in recorded earnings after this, his 182nd recorded in-the-money end.
Kyte entered heads-up play with 10,700,000 to Sammartino’s 7,000,000. A giant scoop with threes full in Omaha eight-or-better noticed Sammartino take the lead. He was in a position to draw back even farther from there.
In the ultimate hand of the occasion, Kyte bought all-in on third road in stug eight-or-better. The boards ran out as follows:
Kyte: (Okay
6
)43Okay5
(9)
Sammartino: (86)109Q6
(J)
Kyte made a pair of kings on fifth and had an open-ended straight draw that doubled as a low draw. Sammartino held a double gutshot straight draw going into seventh, and hit a jack to make a queen-high straight. Kyte bricked out on all fronts and was eradicated in second place ($148,462).
Here is a glance at the payouts and POY factors awarded on this occasion:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Dario Sammartino | $222,703 | 1260 |
| 2 | Jon Kyte | $148,462 | 1050 |
| 3 | David Williams | $102,335 | 840 |
| 4 | Jeff Madsen | $71,810 | 630 |
| 5 | Federico Ottenio | $51,315 | 525 |
| 6 | Matthew Vengrin | $37,354 | 420 |
| 7 | Joseph Couden | $27,709 | 315 |
| 8 | Scott Blackman | $20,954 | 210 |
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Winner photograph credit score: WSOP / Rachel Kay Winter.
