Damon Heta lit up the Ally Pally stage on Friday afternoon (Image: Getty)
Damon Heta has already teased what he’s planning on spending the £60,000 he earned from his nine-dart finish at the .
The Heat lit up the Ally Pally stage in the first session back from the Christmas break when he smashed home a nine-darter during his match against Luke Woodhouse.
Heta, who would go on to lose the match against the odds, couldn’t hold back his excitement as he raced across the stage, even sharing an embrace with his round three rival, Woodhouse.
Despite suffering a premature exit from the competition, the Australian was keen to revel in his achievement, taking to social media to post a picture of someone wearing six expensive-looking watches.
While the image was lifted off Google and isn’t actually an accurate representation of how he’s spent the £60,000, Heta was referencing a previous interview from earlier in the competition when he suggested he’d ‘buy a Rolex’ if he hit a nine-darter.
Paddy Power committed to paying the player, a random fan in the crowd and Prostate Cancer UK £60,000 for each nine-darter hit at the 2025 tournament, with Heta having come agonisingly close in his opening match.
Speaking before Christmas, the world No.9 said: “Bit disappointed I missed the double 12, disappointed the crowd, disappointed myself…
“I was chucking darts in the treble 20 thinking ‘imagine that a free £60,000 in my pocket… yes I can buy a Rolex for a change’.”
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Well, with his new-found fortune, Heta might be planning a trip to the watch shop after all.
It proved the perfect welcome back following the Christmas break, with Woodhouse himself providing one of the moments of the tournament when Heta completed the nine-darter.
The Englishman, clearly caught up in the drama like the fans inside the Palace, couldn’t stop himself from celebrating as Heta’s final dart crashed into double 12.
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Explaining his show of sportsmanship post-match, Woodhouse said: “Me and Damon are good friends – we play golf and practice together.
“I know he was gutted when he missed double 12 in his first game so when he made that nine-darter against me and the crowd went wild I couldn’t not celebrate with him.”
Woodhouse will return to the Ally Pally stage when he takes on Stephen Bunting in the round of 16.