David Benyamine Poker Tournament Updates

Level 24 Update: David Benyamine Eliminated in 4th Place

Jul 04, '13

Level: 24

Players Remaining: 3 out of 132

Average Chip Count: 6,600,000

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Matthew Ashton – 5,500,000
Seat 3: Don Nguyen – 7,600,000
Seat 7: John Hennigan – 6,500,000

Players Eliminated:

4th: David Benyamine – $497,122

Live Updates:

David Benyamine Eliminated in Fourth Place ($497,122)

Seven-Card Stud

Don Nguyen posted the bring-in and David Benyamine completed. Nguyen called and on fourth street Nguyen checked. Benyamine bet and Nguyen called. On fifth street Nguyen bet and Benyamine raised. Nguyen called and on sixth street Benyamine got the last of his chips into the middle.

Nguyen showed (72) 2Q72 (J) and Benyamine mucked his cards. Benyamine was eliminated in fourth place and Nguyen increased his chip lead to 9 million.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Don Nguyen

Level 24 Update: Konstantin Puchkov Out 8th, David Benyamine Out 7th

Jun 17, '13

Level: 24

Players Remaining: 6 out of 261

Average Chip Count: 652,500

Chip Counts:

Seat 1: Greg Mueller – 515,000
Seat 4: Viatcheslav Ortynskiy – 555,000
Seat 5: Chris Klodnicki – 760,000
Seat 6: Tom Schneider – 595,000
Seat 7: Benjamin Scholl – 650,000
Seat 8: Adam Friedman – 700,000

Players Eliminated:

8th: Konstantin Puchkov – $30,876
7th: David Benyamine – $40,039

Live Updates:

Konstantin Puchkov Eliminated in Eighth Place ($30,876)

Omaha Eight-or-Better

Adam Friedman raised and Konstantin Puchkov reraised preflop. Friedman four-bet and Puchkov called all in. The two players then turned up their cards.

Friedman: A965
Puchkov: A1063

Board: KJ496

A flush was good for Friedman to win the pot and grow his stack to 950,000. Puchkov was eliminated in eighth place.

David Benyamine Eliminated in Seventh Place ($40,039)

Razz

Tom Schneider completed and Greg Mueller raised. David Benyamine called all in and Viatcheslav Ortynskiy called. Schneider called as well. Schneider then bet on fourth street and both live opponents called.

Ortynskiy bet on fifth street and both opponents called. Ortynskiy was the first to bet again on sixth street but this time Schneider folded and Mueller called. Ortynskiy bet yet again on seventh street and Mueller called. Ortynskiy showed a 6-5 low and everyone else mucked their hands, including Benyamine, who was eliminated in seventh place. Ortynskiy held 590,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Konstantin Puchkov

Official Final Table Begins for Event No. 29 ($5,000 HORSE)

Jun 17, '13

The final table of Event No. 29 ($5,000 HORSE) has begun, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

With the elimination of Alex Dovzhenko in ninth place ($24,129), the eight-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 23, and action will continue until a winner is determined. Play may be extended an additional day if it takes more than 10 levels to reach a winner as noted on the official structure sheet. With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players stack up:

Seat 1: Greg Mueller – 748,000
Seat 2: Konstantin Puchkov – 91,000
Seat 3: David Benyamine – 155,000
Seat 4: Viatcheslav Ortynskiy – 311,000
Seat 5: Chris Klodnicki – 657,000
Seat 6: Tom Schneider – 874,000
Seat 7: Benjamin Scholl – 279,000
Seat 8: Adam Friedman – 803,000

While only 8 remain, this event attracted a field of 261 players, creating a total prize pool of $1,226,700, and the top 32 players made the money. Here is a look at the final table payouts:

1st Place: $318,955
2nd Place: $197,228
3rd Place: $129,600
4th Place: $94,644
5th Place: $70,093
6th Place: $52,613
7th Place: $40,039
8th Place: $30,876

Be sure to check back with Card Player at the conclusion of each level for regular updates with all major hands, current chip counts, and prize payouts.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Greg Mueller,   Tom Schneider,   Chris Klodnicki

Level 25: Rodawig Leads Final Four; Benyamine 5th, Savinov 6th

Jun 21, '11

Ante: 10,000
Low Card: 20,000
Completion: 50,000
Limits: 50,000-100,000

Players Remaining: 4 out of 168

Average Chip Count: 1,260,000

Chip Counts:

1. Eric Rodawig – 2,250,000
2. Phil Hellmuth – 1,400,000
3. Ted Forrest – 850,000
4. John Racener – 500,000

Eliminations:

5th. David Benyamine – $96,836
6th. Mikhail Savinov – $77,222

Mikhail Savinov Eliminated in 6th Place ($77,222)

David Benyamine brought in the 3, Mikhail Savinov completed the bet with the 6 and Benyamine called.

Savinov: 7 7 6 4 3 6 10
Benyamine: A Q 3 A 9 5 Q

Benyamine was ahead on fifth street with a pair of aces when the money went in. Savinov double-paired sixes to take the lead on sixth street but Benyamine rivered a better two pair and Mikhail Savinov was eliminated in 6th place ($77,222).

David Benyamine Eliminated in 5th Place ($96,836)

Ted Forrest brought it it with the 4, David Benyamine called with the 10, Hellmuth completed the bet, Forrest folded and Benyamine called the raise.

Benyamine: 10 6 J K
Hellmuth: A 9 K 7

Benyamine was all in on seventh street and Hellmuth turned over A 8 8 for two pair (aces and eights). Benyamine threw his hand away and Phil Hellmuth raked the pot. David Benyamine was eliminated in 5th place ($96,836).

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   David Benyamine,   Mikhail Savinov

Level 23: Lellouche 9th; Final Table Now Underway

Jun 20, '11

NOTE: Play resumed today at 3:00pm with 18 players, and with the elimination of Anthony Lellouche in 9th place ($43,317), the official eight-handed final table is now underway.

Ante: 7,000
Low Card: 10,000
Completion: 30,000
Limits: 30,000-60,000

Players Remaining: 8 out of 168

Average Chip Count: 630,000

Chip Counts:

1. Eric Rodawig – 1,855,000
2. David benyamine – 918,000
3. Ted Forrest – 794,000
4. Phil Hellmuth – 444,000
5. Joe Tehan – 422,0000
6. John Racener – 333,000
7. Mikhail Savinov – 203,000
8. Ali Eslasmi – 63,000

Payouts:

1st. $442,183
2nd. $272,233
3rd. $171,12
4th. $123,904
5th. $96,836
6th. $77,222
7th. $62,710
8th. $51,750

Be sure to check back hourly for level-by-level updates of this final table.

Player Tags: Ted Forrest,   David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth,   Ali Eslami,   Joe Tehan,   John Racener,   Mikhail Savinov

David Benyamine Defeats Phil Hellmuth

Mar 04, '11

Phil Hellmuth had David Benyamine covered holding 86 against A7.

The board fell A10610A and Benyamine doubled up taking the lead.

A few hands later, Hellmuth was all in holding pocket deuces against Benaymine’s A4. The board ran out A5494 and Benyamine moves on to face the winner between Don Cheadle and Tom Dwan.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth

David Benyamine Defeats Michael Mizrachi

Mar 05, '11

Michael Mizrachi was short and all in holding 86, but was in bad shape against David Benyamine’s AJ.

The board rolled out with a jack and Mizrachi was eliminated. Benyamine will now face Andrew Robl in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Michael Mizrachi

David Benyamine Defeats Tom Dwan

Mar 05, '11

Tom Dwan was short stacked and pushed with K7, but David Benyamine made the call with AJ.

The board failed to hit either player and Dwan is now out. Benyamine will now face Phil Laak or Michael Mizrachi in the Sweet 16.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Tom Dwan

Andrew Robl Defeats David Benyamine

Mar 06, '11

David Benyamine was slightly behind in his match with Andrew Robl when he moved all in holding A6.

Robl woke up with A10 and it held on a board of K9448

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Andrew Robl

David Benyamine Defeats Phil Hellmuth

Mar 04, '11

Phil Hellmuth had David Benyamine covered holding 86 against A7.

The board fell A10610A and Benyamine doubled up taking the lead.

A few hands later, Hellmuth was all in holding pocket deuces against Benaymine’s A4. The board ran out A5494 and Benyamine moves on to face the winner between Don Cheadle and Tom Dwan.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth

David Benyamine Defeats Michael Mizrachi

Mar 05, '11

Michael Mizrachi was short and all in holding 86, but was in bad shape against David Benyamine’s AJ.

The board rolled out with a jack and Mizrachi was eliminated. Benyamine will now face Andrew Robl in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Michael Mizrachi

David Benyamine Defeats Tom Dwan

Mar 05, '11

Tom Dwan was short stacked and pushed with K7, but David Benyamine made the call with AJ.

The board failed to hit either player and Dwan is now out. Benyamine will now face Phil Laak or Michael Mizrachi in the Sweet 16.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Tom Dwan

Andrew Robl Defeats David Benyamine

Mar 06, '11

David Benyamine was slightly behind in his match with Andrew Robl when he moved all in holding A6.

Robl woke up with A10 and it held on a board of K9448

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Andrew Robl

David Benyamine Defeats Phil Hellmuth

Mar 04, '11

Phil Hellmuth had David Benyamine covered holding 86 against A7.

The board fell A10610A and Benyamine doubled up taking the lead.

A few hands later, Hellmuth was all in holding pocket deuces against Benaymine’s A4. The board ran out A5494 and Benyamine moves on to face the winner between Don Cheadle and Tom Dwan.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Phil Hellmuth

David Benyamine Defeats Michael Mizrachi

Mar 05, '11

Michael Mizrachi was short and all in holding 86, but was in bad shape against David Benyamine’s AJ.

The board rolled out with a jack and Mizrachi was eliminated. Benyamine will now face Andrew Robl in the Elite Eight.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Michael Mizrachi

David Benyamine Defeats Tom Dwan

Mar 05, '11

Tom Dwan was short stacked and pushed with K7, but David Benyamine made the call with AJ.

The board failed to hit either player and Dwan is now out. Benyamine will now face Phil Laak or Michael Mizrachi in the Sweet 16.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Tom Dwan

Andrew Robl Defeats David Benyamine

Mar 06, '11

David Benyamine was slightly behind in his match with Andrew Robl when he moved all in holding A6.

Robl woke up with A10 and it held on a board of K9448

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Andrew Robl

David Benyamine Eliminated in Third Place ($1,000,000)

Jan 27, '11

Sam Tricket moved all in with the board showing A 10 8 A and David Benyamine made the call. Their cards:

Trickett: A 4
Benyamine: A 6

River: 4!

Trickett hit the 4 on the river to come from behind and win the hand. Benyamine was eliminated in third place and he will take home $1 million AUD.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Sam Trickett

Andrew Feldman Eliminated

Jan 27, '11

Andrew Feldman was on the hi-jack and he moved all in preflop. David Benyamine made the call from the big blind and they turned over their cards:

Feldman: 9 9
Benyamine: K K

Board: 7 6 6 5 5

Feldman was eliminated on the hand and play continued six handed.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Andrew Feldman

David Benyamine Doubles Up

Jan 26, '11

David Benyamine got the last of his chips into the middle preflop from the small blind, and Chris Ferguson made the call from the cutoff. Their cards:

Ferguson: K Q
Benyamine: 3 3

Board: 6 5 4 3 J

Benyamine doubled up on the hand to survive with 550,000.

Player Tags: Chris Ferguson,   David Benyamine

David Benyamine Eliminated

Jan 23, '11

David Benyamine moved all in with the board showing 9 7 5 Q after his opponent put out a bet in front of him on the river. His opponent made the call and flipped over Q J. Benyamine revealed the Q 2 and the 4 fell on the river. Benyamine said, “Good luck to everyone,” and then exited the tournament area.

Player Tags: David Benyamine

Benyamine and Feldman Tangle Again

Jan 23, '11

Andrew Feldman raised to 1,825 preflop and David Benyamine reraised to 3,200. Feldman made the call after spending some time in the tank. As the cards hit the table 10 10 4 2 4 the two players built up the pot with a series of bets and raises.

On the river Benyamine raised 2,000 and Feldman went into the tank for a while. He eventually mucked and Benyamine flashed the 10. Mike Matusow, who came over to sweat the hand as it played into the break to sweat Benyamine laughed and said, “He flopped quads,” in reference to Benyamine’s other card.

Benyamine climbed back past a starting stack after the hand while Feldman fell below 10,000.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Andrew Feldman

Feldman Doubles Up Through Benyamine

Jan 23, '11

Andrew Feldman bet 525 from the cutoff and David Benyamine made the call from the button with a flop that read Q 6 4 on the table. The 3 fell on the turn and Feldman bet 825.

Benyamine made the call again and the 9 fell on the river. Feldman moved all in for 5,300 and Benyamine made the call. Feldman flipped over J 4 and Benyamine revealed 6 6. Feldman doubled up to 17,500.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Andrew Feldman

David Benyamine Eliminated in Sixth Place ($150,000)

Jan 22, '11

David Benyamine made an all-in call preflop against Sam Trickett after a series of bets and raises. Their cards:

Benyamine: A J
Trickett: A Q

Board: Q 7 2 5 8

Benyamine was eliminated in sixth place and he will take home $150,000 in prize money. Trickett recovered from his setback against Bloom and he now holds 1.3 million.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Sam Trickett

High Roller Update

Oct 02, '10

Sam Trickett has been doing very well in the high roller. He recently busted William Reynolds and is now on 110,000 in chips.

David Benyamine is another player doing well. His pocket nines hit a set on a 9 7 2 flop, and all the chips went in the middle. He was up against Nikolay Evdakov’s pocket queens but the turn and river were blanks and Benyamine’s set increased his stack to a little over 100,000.

Lex Veldhuis doubled up through fellow Team Pro player Vanessa Selbst with pocket tens versus Selbst’s pocket fours respectively. Veldhuis now has just over 30,000 while Selbst is on 40,000.

Player Tags: David Benyamine,   Vanessa Selbst,   Lex Veldhuis,   Sam Trickett