"Paddy Power have been slow to pay": Still no Rolex for Damon Heta after incredible nine-dart finish bonus at Ally Pally
PDCFriday, 31 January 2025 at 09:00
Damon Heta will take on Gerwyn Price in the next round of the Winmau World Masters on Saturday after taking down Ross Smith 3-1 in the end.
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A player with much debate due to his Premier League snub, he set the record straight as well as a plea to Paddy Power for his money as a Rolex awaits.
"I was a little bit lucky that's all. I always feel good every season, I put in the time and the effort I'm a work horse. Things happen for me. I just got the job done there, I just took my chances I feel good. Bring it on," said Heta post match.
"I've never heard a crowd like it and I was hanging on to every word as they were. Just to fall short like that is gutting. I'd give that nine-darter back for the win. At the end of the day we move on and we've got a full season ahead of us. That's what I'm looking forward to."
Speaking of the Premier League, he said he didn't think he had a cat in hells chance and it was only when social media was full of conjecture that it perhaps swayed his opinion.
"After I lost that game I thought there's no point even worrying about it. I never thought I was in. It wasn't until like a day before, there was a lot of talk on social media. I'm like I just can't see it, there was a little glimmer of you might be in it. At the end of the day, I feel like I have to earn my spot. You have to be top four, top five. It'll happen when it happens."
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He also was asked about his dream Rolex and said he was still rocking the same watch jokingly urging the media assembled to get it out there that he hasn't been paid yet.
"Paddy Power has been slow to pay. Make sure you get it out there. They're Irish they might be a bit dodgy I don't know. We just roll with what we've got at the moment until the dollars come in."
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