Benyamine started his career playing No Limit Hold’em cash in
Aviation Club de France. He is a regular in the world's most famous high stakes cash room at the
Bellagio, Bobby's Room (now renamed Legend's Room).
World Poker Tour Benyamine has made four final tables in
World Poker Tour (WPT) open events: the 2003 Grand Prix de Paris (
second season) – 1st place (€357,200); the 2004 L.A. Poker Classic (second season) – 6th place ($132,355); the 2008 Bellagio Cup IV (
seventh season) – 2nd place ($840,295) and the 2010 WPT Championship (
eighth season) – 4th place ($329,228). He won the Premier League of Poker IV. He is also the winner of the WPT Battle of Champions II invitational event, where he defeated a final table including fellow professionals
Hoyt Corkins,
Mel Judah,
Antonio Esfandiari, and
Phil Laak.
World Series of Poker Benyamine is primarily a
cash game player, but due to comments from his friends, he started playing tournaments more regularly during the
2008 World Series of Poker. He has made four WSOP final tables, three of which were in 2008, which was the same year he won his first bracelet. He finished in 58th place in the
2010 WSOP Main Event.
Other poker ventures Benyamine played high-stakes
online poker under his own name at
Full Tilt Poker until the site was shut down.
Poker earnings As of 2020, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,800,000. His forty cashes at the WSOP account for $2,541,000 of those winnings. ==Personal life==