David Benyamine: WSOP Bracelet Winner, WPT Champion & High-Stakes Poker Veteran
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
David Benyamine has spent more than two decades competing at the upper levels of poker, building a career that includes a World Series of Poker bracelet, a World Poker Tour championship and extensive experience in some of the game's biggest cash games.
The French professional is particularly associated with Pot-Limit Omaha and mixed games, although his tournament record covers a wide range of disciplines. As of August 26, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Benyamine with $9,372,415 in live tournament earnings, while the WSOP credits him with one bracelet and no WSOP Circuit rings.
Benyamine remains active at major events. He recorded seven cashes during the 2026 World Series of Poker, including three results in high-buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha and Big O tournaments.
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Who Is David Benyamine?
David Benyamine is a French professional poker player originally from Paris. Hendon Mob lists his current residence as Las Vegas, Nevada.
His recorded live tournament results date to 1999, giving him a tournament career spanning more than 25 years. That longevity only tells part of his story. Benyamine became particularly well known during poker's television boom as a high-stakes cash-game player willing to compete in Pot-Limit Omaha, mixed games and other demanding formats against elite opposition.
PokerNews has described Pot-Limit Omaha as one of his specialties and has documented his extensive appearances in major televised poker games and tournaments.
His ability to compete across different formats has also been reflected at the WSOP, where his results include deep finishes in Omaha, H.O.R.S.E., Seven Card Stud, Big O, Razz and other mixed-game events.
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David Benyamine's Early Career
Before poker became his primary competitive pursuit, Benyamine had an athletic background.
PokerNews reported that he played tennis competitively in France before a back injury ended that path. He later became highly ranked in French billiards before establishing himself in poker.
His earliest recorded live poker cashes on Hendon Mob came in Paris in 1999. By 2000, he was already winning events at Paris poker festivals, and his results began developing into a substantial European tournament record.
The breakthrough that introduced Benyamine to a much wider poker audience came several years later on the World Poker Tour.
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Winning the WPT Grand Prix de Paris
Benyamine captured one of the defining titles of his career in 2003 when he won the WPT Grand Prix de Paris at the Aviation Club de France.
The official World Poker Tour record lists Benyamine as the champion of the €10,000 event, defeating Jan Boubli heads-up. WPT lists his first-place payout at $433,833.
The victory gave Benyamine a WPT championship during the tour's formative years and established him internationally at a time when televised tournament poker was rapidly growing.
His WPT record also includes a sixth-place finish in the L.A. Poker Classic and a runner-up finish in the 2008 Bellagio Cup IV. PokerNews lists the Bellagio Cup result at $840,295, one of the largest tournament payouts of his career.
As of August 2026, Benyamine has one recognized WPT title.
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David Benyamine's WSOP Bracelet
Benyamine added a World Series of Poker bracelet to his résumé during a strong 2008 WSOP.
He won Event #37, the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, defeating a field of 235 entries. The victory earned him $535,687 and his first WSOP bracelet.
The championship fit naturally with Benyamine's broader reputation as a player comfortable outside standard No-Limit Hold'em tournaments.
His bracelet victory was not his only significant result during that WSOP. Benyamine also finished third in a $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event and seventh in the $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw tournament.
As of August 26, 2026, the official WSOP player database credits Benyamine with:
1 WSOP bracelet
0 WSOP Circuit rings
26 WSOP final tables
72 WSOP cashes
$5,850,013 in WSOP-recorded earnings
Those WSOP figures are separate from his overall live tournament earnings reported by Hendon Mob.
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Benyamine's Biggest Live Tournament Cash
Benyamine's largest recorded live tournament payout came at the 2011 Aussie Millions in Melbourne.
He finished third in the A$250,000 Super High Roller for A$1.1 million. Hendon Mob converts the result to $1,087,924 and lists it as the largest live tournament cash of his career.
The seven-figure result came in one of the highest-buy-in tournaments of that era and reinforced Benyamine's place among players comfortable competing against high-stakes fields.
His career also contains numerous other six-figure tournament scores across the WSOP, WPT, European events and high-roller tournaments.
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Success in the Poker Players Championship and Mixed Games
One of the clearest measures of Benyamine's versatility has been his repeated success in elite mixed-game competition.
At the 2013 WSOP, he finished fourth in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $497,122. The Poker Players Championship requires competitors to play multiple poker variants and has traditionally attracted fields dominated by experienced professionals.
More than a decade later, Benyamine returned to the final stages of the same prestigious event.
He finished fifth in the 2024 $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $265,054. That final table included Daniel Negreanu, Bryce Yockey, Chris Brewer, Jeremy Ausmus and Phil Ivey.
Benyamine's mixed-game results also include a third-place finish in the 2021 $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. event for $236,626.
Results across Omaha, Stud, H.O.R.S.E., Razz and other formats support his reputation as much more than a single-game specialist.
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David Benyamine's Playing Style and Cash-Game Reputation
Tournament statistics capture only part of Benyamine's poker career.
He became widely recognized during poker's televised high-stakes era for competing in major cash games, particularly Pot-Limit Omaha. PokerNews has characterized his approach as loose-aggressive and sometimes unconventional, a style that helped make him a recognizable participant in televised poker.
He appeared in high-profile poker programming during an era when televised cash games exposed viewers to stakes and formats rarely seen in traditional tournament broadcasts.
That cash-game background is important when evaluating his tournament résumé. Benyamine has never built his reputation solely around accumulating large numbers of No-Limit Hold'em tournament cashes. His career has instead combined high-stakes cash competition with selective tournament appearances across technically demanding formats.
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How Much Has David Benyamine Won in Poker Tournaments?
As of August 26, 2026, Hendon Mob lists David Benyamine with $9,372,415 in live tournament earnings.
That total represents recorded live tournament cashes and should not be interpreted as Benyamine's total poker profit or lifetime poker income. Public tournament databases generally do not account for tournament buy-ins, expenses, private cash-game results, online cash-game results or other financial arrangements.
Live earnings totals also change whenever a player records another qualifying result.
Hendon Mob lists Benyamine's largest live cash as $1,087,924 for his third-place finish in the 2011 Aussie Millions A$250,000 Super High Roller.
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David Benyamine at the 2026 WSOP
Benyamine remained active at the World Series of Poker in 2026.
Hendon Mob records seven cashes for him during the series totaling $253,617. His strongest result came in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller, where he finished 17th for $102,800.
His other 2026 WSOP cashes included:
42nd in the $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for $52,969
10th in the $10,000 Big O Championship for $49,316
19th in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship for $20,472
163rd in the $1,500 Monster Stack for $10,200
111th in the $600 Pot-Limit Omaha Deepstack for $1,668
39th in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $16,192
The results are consistent with the pattern that has defined much of his later tournament career: selective participation with a strong concentration on Omaha and mixed-game events.
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Why David Benyamine Matters in Poker
Benyamine's significance comes from the combination of accomplishments that span several different areas of professional poker.
He owns major titles from both the WSOP and WPT, has a seven-figure high-roller score, has repeatedly reached the late stages of elite mixed-game tournaments and developed a prominent reputation in high-stakes cash games.
His career also bridges multiple eras of modern poker. Benyamine was already recording tournament victories before the early-2000s poker boom, became a familiar name during televised poker's rapid expansion and continued producing significant WSOP results more than two decades later.
The diversity of those achievements makes his career particularly notable. Rather than being defined by one tournament or one poker variant, Benyamine has remained competitive across Omaha, Hold'em and numerous mixed-game formats.
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David Benyamine's Current Poker Status
David Benyamine remains an active poker player as of August 2026.
His seven cashes at the 2026 WSOP provide recent evidence that he continues to compete, including at the $25,000 and $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha levels.
His tournament schedule in recent years has been heavily centered on World Series of Poker events rather than a full international tour calendar. That makes his continuing WSOP results especially relevant when evaluating where his career stands today.
With one bracelet, one WPT title, more than $9.3 million in recorded live tournament earnings and decades of high-stakes experience, Benyamine remains an established figure in modern poker history.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many WSOP bracelets does David Benyamine have?
David Benyamine has one WSOP bracelet as of August 26, 2026. He won the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker for $535,687.
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How many WPT titles has David Benyamine won?
David Benyamine has one recognized World Poker Tour title. He won the Grand Prix de Paris in 2003 at the Aviation Club de France.
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How much has David Benyamine won in live poker tournaments?
Hendon Mob lists David Benyamine with $9,372,415 in live tournament earnings as of August 26, 2026. Tournament earnings are gross recorded cashes rather than a measure of career profit and can change when new results are added.
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What is David Benyamine's biggest poker tournament cash?
Hendon Mob lists Benyamine's largest live tournament cash at $1,087,924. He earned that amount after finishing third in the A$250,000 Super High Roller at the 2011 Aussie Millions.
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What type of poker is David Benyamine known for?
David Benyamine is particularly associated with high-stakes cash games and Pot-Limit Omaha, but his tournament record also demonstrates extensive mixed-game ability. He has recorded major results in Omaha Hi-Lo, H.O.R.S.E., Stud, Razz, Big O and other formats.
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Is David Benyamine still playing poker?
Yes. Benyamine remained active in 2026 and recorded seven cashes during the 2026 World Series of Poker, including a 17th-place finish in the $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller for $102,800.
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