David Benyamine

David "DB" Benyamine ( born July 5, 1972 in Paris ) is a French professional poker player.

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

At the age of 12 years, David learned the game of poker and plays regularly in the biggest cash games in the world. The weddings of Full Tilt Poker, he played there online as well. He was there as part of the promotion of the site Full Tilt pro. He is one of the biggest winners and was able to record high profit. He played under the username " MR B 2 U SON ".

The variant Pot Limit Omaha is considered to be in the scene by far considered the most powerful game. He also plays in the limit variants such as Omaha H / L and HORSE, where it could exhibit no significant profit and no-limit hold'em. These behaviors are interpreted by observers him again and again as habits of gambling addicts, whereupon his is also due in internet forums common nickname Degenyamine.

The particular strengths Benyamins his enormous stamina is considered in his poker sessions, which he manages to get the maximum out best. Sessions of up to more than 24 hours are not uncommon.

Benyamine also plays regularly in poker rounds as the Big Game at the Bellagio in Las Vegas and in the television series High Stakes Poker.

Benyamine made ​​it to four final table of the World Poker Tour:

• 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 )

He is also the winner of the WPT Battle of Champions II invitational event, where he defeated a final table Hoyt Corkins, Mel Judah, Antonio Esfandiari and Phil Laak.

In May 2008, he won a Poker After Dark show.

At the 2008 World Series of Poker, he managed to break through. He took three final tables and won the World Championship tournament in the $ 10,000 Omaha High / Low. In all, he won 941 651 U.S. dollars at the WSOP 2008.

Currently are its revenue at $ 7,000,000 by official poker tournaments.

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