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With the WSOP Novemer Nine commencing in just a couple of days, all eyes (and money) seem to be on Ben Lamb and Phil Collins. Lamb in particular had a superb WSOP, and largely due to that has the most tounrament winnings of all the players at the final table. Staszko is the chip leader and cant be discounted, but can he close it out against a very agressive table? Sam Holden is the short stack. From interviews over the last few months he seems like a good guy, so it would be nice to see him secure a little more money. No one wants that dreaded 9th place as it means no more money on top of what they’ve already been paid. Expect some pretty tight play at the start for largely this reason alone.

Here is the table seat draw and chip counts:

1 Matt Giannetti 24,750,000
2 Bob Bounahra 19,700,000
3 Eoghan O’Dea 33,925,000
4 Phil Collins 23,875,000
5 Anton Makiievskyi 13,825,000
6 Sam Holden 12,375,000
7 Pius Heinz 16,425,000
8 Ben Lamb 20,875,000
9 Martin Staszko 40,175,000

Event 42 of the WSOP saw two online poker legends make it down to heads-up. It was the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event and Ben “benba” Lamb and Sami “LarsLuzak” Kelopuro battled it out for the bracelet having already dispensed with the rest of the field of 361 players.

In the final hand LarsLuzak raised to 240K. Benba called. Flop was As 9h 3d. Luzak bet $275K. Benba called again. The turn came the Queen of spades. Luzak bet 675K and Benba raised and Luzak went all in. Benba made the call and they showed:

LarsLuzak: Ac Kd Qc 7d
Benba: 2d 4s 5h 6s

So Benba had a wrap draw for the wheel and a flush draw, and Luzak had top two pair. The 5d came on the river giving Benba the straight and the title.

1st Ben Lamb $814,436
2nd Sami Kelopuro $503,173