David Benyamine

	Name: David Benyamine Date of birth: 5 July 1972 Place of birth: Paris Residence: Las Vegas Lists: WPT Paris 2003, 2008 WSOP bracelet, $ 3,400,000 in tournament winnings, cash game player .

Forget all the names you may have in mind for poker in France, David Benyamine is far ahead of everyone. This is the only french to attend the Big Game, the only french to have won a WPT and the only french so high to play online, where all the others burn the wings. It is clearly the reference of poker in France and although it is less publicized than other players in tournaments as Bruel, Abecassis ... he's very far ahead of everyone.

Please note that before becoming the player he is today David Benyamine was an excellent tennis player, who had to stop several years during his professional because of back problem. It is also a very good pool player. He learned to play poker at the age of 12 years. He is now married to a beautiful woman, Erica Schoenberg, and has one daughter.

The total earnings of David Benyamine tournament exceeds $ 3,400,000, making it the 2nd french player of all time behind Elky, knowing that the tournaments are not a priority for him! It is the only french player to earn the WSOP bracelet and a victory at the World Poker Tour.

David Benyamine is part of the team fulltilt poker, although the history between the player and the room has sometimes been a bit tumultuous. It represents the room in all the tournaments and you can find it on the best banners of the room.

His achievements in detail

David has clearly dropped the tournaments. He is not seen on EFA, the WPT. He participated in the WSOP, but this is clearly not its main objective to make money. It is a cash game player hard. It is indeed almost miraculous results compared to the regular circuit.

WSOP

2008 was clearly the year of David Benyamine. With a bracelet in event # 37 Omaha Hi / low with 2 tables final few players were able to save at his level during the WSOP.
2008 Omaha Hi / Lo 1st $ 535.768

WPT

David Benyamine has achieved its best performance in the World Poker including a first place in the beautiful of Paris WPT
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In 2008 he went very close to achieving a new feat by taking the 2nd place in the WPT Bellagio Cup IV in Las Vegas. It still takes $ 840.295 for his efforts.
2008 Bellagio Cup IV 2nd $ 840.295
2005 Los Angeles Classic 6th $ 132,000
2004 Grand Prix de Paris 1st $ 410,880

Other performances

David Benyamine has participated in High Stakes Poker Season 3 and 4. We see in particular make a magnificent bluff face to Jamie Gold. The result will be a little less bright with a circulation played aggressively against Laliberté (a billionaire) face a double pair. He also participated in Poker After Dark.

It is a regular player of the biggest party official in the world, the "Big Game" with blinds at $ 4.00 / $ 8,000 (in limit). David also attends fullt Tilt the highest possible table with Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius, Durrr and all the others.

It was a big downswing in 2007 online by losing several million dollars in 2008 but appeared to be the year of the comeback player of the exception. It is the french player poker.