It was a disappointing close call earlier this WSOP to Ben Lamb when he came up just short, finishing second to Sam Stein in the $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha event. Now, however, Lamb got his redemption after winning the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship event.
Lamb managed to outlast recent SCOOP Main Event winner Sami "LarsLuzak/LrsLzk" Kelopuro in the Heads-Up play, and earned almost $815,000 and his first ever WSOP gold bracelet for his win.
In the last hand of the tournament Kelopuro held the and Lamb the on the board when all of the money went in. The river completed the board with the and gave Lamb a straight to win the tournament. Kelopuro was eliminated in second place for $503,173.
With his impressive win Lamb leads now the WSOP 2011 Player Of The Year race.
WSOP Event #42, $10.000 PLO Championship (361 players): 1. Ben Lamb $814.436 2. Sami "LarsLuzak/LrsLzk" Kelopuro $503.173 3. John Shipley $369.575 4. Christopher King $273.575 5. Dario Alioto $204.113 6. John Kabbaj $153.517 7. Cory Wood $116.359 8. Josh Tieman $88.873 9. Hans Winzeler $68.410
You can read full recap of the final table from WSOP.com.
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