Ben Lamb

Benjamin "Ben" Lamb (born March 31, 1985) is an American professional poker player. Lamb was the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year. He was also a member of the 2011 November Nine, finishing in third place in the no limit hold'em championship event. Lamb made a second WSOP Main Event final table in 2017 finishing 9th. Lamb has two World Series of Poker bracelets and seven career World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables, four in variations of Pot Limit Omaha, two in no limit hold'em and one in the 8-game mix format. He was the winner of the 2011 Card Player Player of the Year Award. Early career Lamb became a professional poker player in 2004. In September 2006, he won the United States Poker Championship $500 No Limit hold 'em 400-player event for a prize of $60,000. Another notable championship was his victory in the May 11, 2010 Spring Championship of Online Poker $109 No Limit hold 'em event. He outlasted a field of 4,204 competitors for a prize of $66,003. In 2011, he dominated the World Series of Poker on his way to the Card Player Player of the Year Award. World Series of Poker Prior to the 2011 World Series of Poker, Lamb's only WSOP final table was the 2010 WSOP $1500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better where he was 5th in a field of 847 for a prize of $53,319. His best WSOP main event finish prior to 2011 came in 2009, when he finished 14th in the 6494-player event for a prize of $633,022.