Ben Lamb leads the WSOP Player of the Year competition with his $10K PLO Championship win
- Filed under: Ben Lamb, John Juanda, Phil Hellmuth, Sami Kelopuro, WSOP
- Date: Jun 28,2011
Ben Lamb won the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha championship tournament last night. He beat Sami Kelopuro in the heads-up with a 60%/40% suckout in the concluding hand to win over $800K and the bracelet. As he booked the win, he also moved in the WSOP POY lead.
Now Lamb has one victory and one second place finish in this year’s WSOP. Lamb finished second in a $3,000 PLO tournament and has earned over a million dollars this year already.
2011 WSOP Player of the Year standings:
1. Ben Lamb 486.25
2. Phil Hellmuth 420.75
3. Samuel Stein 402.63
4. Mikhail Lakhitov 401.80
5. Mitch Schock 364.81
6. John Juanda 336.00
You can follow the 2011 POY updates here.
Source: Pokerista.net
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