Ben Lamb Runs Away With It and Takes Down PGT PLO Series Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha

Once the day began rolling for Ben Lamb, there was little doubt he would end up taking down Event #4 of the PGT PLO Series. He started the day third in chips but quickly and quietly assumed the chip lead — doing so mostly by playing small pots. Once he had the lead, Lamb never let go, masterfully navigating short-handed play to the point where he held a 4-to-1 chip lead over both of his opponents three-handed.

It was Chris Costa who began the day with the chip lead. He kicked off the action quickly by eliminating Sean Winter just a few hands into play. Costa and Winter got all in on a flop of , and it looked like it was going to be a clean double for Winter when he showed . But the turn brought the and the river came the , giving Costa a full house with and eliminating Winter in sixth place.

Costa and Lamb would accumulate most of the chips between them over the next hour until a short-stacked Cary Katz fell in fifth place. In his final hand, Katz got it all in against Fernando Habegger on a king-high flop. Habegger held a pair of sevens, and they miraculously held up through the turn and river to earn him the pot and send Katz home in fifth.

Stefan Christopher had a rough day and slowly bled down to a short stack over the first couple of levels. In his final hand, he got his chips in against Lamb, and Lamb made trips by the river to send Christopher out the door in fourth place.

When three-handed play began, Ben Lamb took a big pot from Chris Costa and never looked back. Lamb bluffed his way to the river with a pair of nines and backed into a straight, outdrawing Costa’s top pair, top kicker, and nut flush draw. Costa would then double up Habegger, leaving both of them short while Lamb continued to accumulate chips. Lamb eventually eliminated Costa after getting most of the money in preflop and making two pair by the river against Costa’s queens.

Heads-up play didn’t last long, spanning just a handful of flops. Lamb took a big one off Habegger with a flush, then finished the job the very next hand by cracking Habegger’s kings.

In the end, Lamb collected the first-place prize of $292,500 and the 293 PGT points that came along with it. The win marks Lamb’s first PGT title of the 2025 season and his seventh cash.

Event #4: $10,100 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Payouts

Lamb Takes Over The 2025 PGT PLO Series Leaderboard

Ben Lamb moves not only to the top of the 2025 PGT PLO Series Leaderboard — overtaking Jesse Lonis — but also into the qualifying top 40 of the 2025 PGT Season Leaderboard with a total of 1,180 points. Along with Lamb, Fernando Habegger and Chris Costa also crack the top ten of the PGT PLO Series Leaderboard, in third and ninth place respectively. Sean Winter’s third cash and second final table also move him into fifth place for the series.

With his fifth-place finish, Cary Katz moves into the top 100 of the 2025 PGT Season Leaderboard but still has work to do to make it into the qualifying top 40 for the PGT Championship. Habegger earns his first PGT points of the season, while Costa moves into the top 150. Sean Winter also makes progress in his climb, as his 59 points move him into 58th place for the time being.

2025 PGT PLO Series II Leaderboard - Top Ten 

2025 PGT Season Leaderboard - Top Ten 

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