David Benefield (born May 17, 1986) is an American professional poker player considered a high-stakes online cash game specialist who has earnings of over $900,000 from online winnings playing under his name on Full Tilt Poker.[1] He made the World Series of Poker Main Event final table in 2013 finishing 8th.[2][3]
Poker career
Benefield picked up the name “Raptor” when he first ran $450 into $20,000. By the age of 20, he shared a half-million-dollar house in Fort Worth with fellow online high-stakes cash game specialist Tom Dwan. [4][5]
As of 2014, Benefield's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000 of which $1,430,630 of his total winnings have come from cashes at the WSOP.[6][7]
References
- ^ "David Benefield". HighStakesDB. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
- ^ Steve Schult (2013). "David Benefield Finding Balance". BLUFF Magazine. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "David Benefield Eliminated in 8th Place from WSOP Main Event". PokerStake. November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
- ^ "online cash game". Retrieved August 27, 2017.
- ^ "David Benefield". PokerNews. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
- ^ "David Benefield's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ "David Benefield". WSOP.com. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
