Ben Lamb has a lot of live poker tournament cashes, which includes a 14th place finish in the 2009 WSOP Main Event. Even still, nobody remembers who finished 14th in a Main Event – unless it’s the last woman standing of course – and Lamb was largely unheralded going into the 2011 WSOP. But this has changed in a huge way, including the fact that he now leads the 2011 Main Event after two days of play.<\/p>\n
Now as we all know, the odds are against Lamb holding onto this top spot and winning the $8.71 million top prize. However, it’s a mute point if he fades away and doesn’t even grab a\u00a0significant\u00a0cash here.<\/p>\n
After all, the Tulsa, Oklahoma native kicked things off by finishing second in a $3k Pot-Limit Omaha event, which earned him $259,918. Later on, Lamb would put himself on the map in a big way by winning the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship ($814,436).<\/p>\n
Want some more impressive results? How about when Lamb finished 12th in the Limit Hold’em 6-handed Championship and 8th in the $50,000 Players Championship. When you tally up all of Lamb’s winnings from the 2011 WSOP, he has over $1.3 million among his four cashes. And he has an excellent chance to add even more money since he’s doing so well in terms of chips after two days.<\/p>\n
Moving away from Lamb for a moment, it’s also worth mentioning that Patrik Antonius is also going strong after the first two days. The Finn doesn’t play a whole lot of live poker anymore, but perhaps he’s turning over a new leaf since Full Tilt Poker still isn’t running real money games at the moment. It would be nice to see a big name like him make a deep run in the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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