David Benyamine

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David Benyamine
David Benyamine (2008)
David Benyamine (2008)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 5th July 1972
place of birth FranceFrance Paris
Nicknames
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Degenyamine
Nickname
MR B 2 U SONFull Tilt Poker
place of residence FranceFrance Paris
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,087,924
Total prize money $ 7,681,707
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 40
Best main event 58th ( 2010 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 2
Cashes 13
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: February 6, 2020

David "DB" Benyamine (born July 5, 1972 in Paris ) is a professional French poker player . In 2008 he won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker and two-time champions of the World Poker Tour .

Personal

Benyamine played tennis until back problems forced him to give up the sport. He then became a professional pool player .

Poker career

Benyamine learned to play poker at the age of twelve. He regularly plays in the highest cash games in the world. He also played online there during the heyday of Full Tilt Poker . He was there as part of the promotion of the full-tilt professional. There he is one of the biggest winners and was able to achieve high profits. He played under the username MR B 2 U SON .

The Pot Limit Omaha variant is considered to be by far his strongest game in the scene. He also plays in limit variants such as Omaha H / L and HORSE , in which he cannot record any significant profit, and in No Limit Hold'em . These behaviors are repeatedly interpreted by observers as the habits of a gambling addict, which is also the reason for his nickname Degenyamine, which is commonly used in Internet forums .

A particular strength of Benyamine is his enormous stamina in his poker sessions, which allows him to win the maximum in his best form. Sessions of up to more than 24 hours are not uncommon. Benyamine also plays regularly in poker rounds such as the Big Game at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and the TV series High Stakes Poker . He made it to the final table of the World Poker Tour Main Event five times :

  • Grand Prix de Paris 2003 - first place (€ 357,200)
  • LA Poker Classic 2004 - Sixth Place ($ 132,355)
  • Bellagio Cup IV 2008 - Second Place ($ 840,295)
  • WPT Championship 2010 - Fourth Place ($ 329,228)
  • WPT Tournament of Champions 2018 - Fourth Place ($ 123,045)

He is also the winner of the WPT Battle of Champions II Invitational , where he defeated Hoyt Corkins , Mel Judah , Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak at the final table . In May 2008, Benyamine won a show on Poker After Dark . In 2008 he made his breakthrough at the World Series of Poker . He reached three final tables and won the World Championship in the $ 10,000 Omaha high / low . In total, he won just under a million dollars at the 2008 WSOP. In February 2010, Benyamine won the fourth season of the PartyPoker.com Premier League with a prize of $ 400,000.

Its revenue through official live poker tournaments will be over 7.5 million US dollars .

Web links

Commons : David Benyamine  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Party Poker Premier League IV (Final Table) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 10, 2017.
  2. ↑ David Benyamine in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed November 9, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Benyamine, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DB (nickname); Degenyamine (nickname); MR B 2 U SON (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION french poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France