WSOP Day 28

Ben Lamb is a player who knows heartbreak. In 2009 he made a very deep run in in the WSOP Main Event only to finish just short of the final table and the November Nine, finishing in 14th place.

Just over a week ago that heartbreak must have been repeated as Lamb finished second to Sam Stein in the $3k PLO even, narrowly missing out on a bracelet again.

But Event #42: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship has played down to a winner, and that winner is Ben Lamb. We've seen a few stories of players with close finishes coming back and winning bracelets this year and we can add Ben Lamb to the list.

Lamb took down the championship event in a field of 361 of the worlds best PLO players to earn himself his first bracelet and the $814k first place prize money, one of the biggest in the WSOP this year. Lamb now has over 3.1m in career tournament earnings.

He also picks up a hefty number of WSOP POY points to add to the ones he got for finishing second in the $3k PLO and now tops the leaderboard, one place above Phil Helmuth.


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