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Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split Eight-or-Better Live Updates November 21, 2009
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Event 37 - Final Table - Benyamine's Bracelet!!
1 year ago
Yes, finally, what seemed the inevitable result once the players were reduced to four handed has come to fruition.
The talented Frenchman David Benyamine has become the latest big name pro to take down a bracelet, his first victory at the WSOP.
Here's how he won.
Divine David (Ba)-Gets The Bracelet!!
Benyamine entered the heads up with a 3 to 1 chip advantage and with his aggressive style, he relentlessly ground his opponent, Greg Jamison down until Jamison was being set all-in every hand.
It would have taken a miracle for Jamison to recover at this point, but he made a good fist of winning his all-ins, surviving four or five times, before Benyamine finally hammered the last nail into his coffin.
Holding T
T
Q
3
, Benyamine set Jamison all-in and he called with Q
K
6
2
for his tournament life.
The flop was an astounding J
T
9
, giving Jamison the nut straight but Benyamine a set. Needing to boat up to take it down, David did just that, hitting a J
on the turn to leave Jamison drawing dead on the 3
river.
Benyamine held his arms aloft, a big smile breaking out across the Frenchman's face as he secured his first bracelet and soaked up the wild applause of the delighted rail.
Greg Jamison picked up $331,350 for his efforts, falling just short of the bracelet, but David Benyamin is the $10,000 Omaha/8 World Championship Champion, collecting $535,687 for this win and of course adding himself to the select roster of WSOP bracelet winners!
Click here for a full interview with the man of the moment.
We send our congratulations to David Benyamine for an immense performance and an immense result.
- Level: 24
- Blinds: 25,000/50,000
- Limit: 50,000/100,000
- Average Stack: $4,700,000
- Players Left: 1
- Tables Left: 1
Event 37 - Final Table - Benyamine's Bracelet?
1 year ago
Mike Matusow has been on the ropes for a while, and although he's been battling valiantly, his tournament life has finally breathed its last, to the disappointment of much of the onlooking rail.
Here's how that came to be.
The Mouth Muzzled (OUT - 5th)
Mike Matusow was down to $290,000 in chips, which with the blinds at $25,000 $50,000 meant he was always going to struggle, barring a quick double.
He went for the throat with A
Q
6
3
, against the A
K
7
6
of Greg Jamison, but a board of Kc A
8
was quite bad news for him, meaning he was just drawing to just the low.
Looking for baby cards the J
on the turn, and counterfeiting 8
river, left Jamison to scoop the pot up meaning Mike Matusow is OUT, eliminated in 4th place, winning $138.062, finishing just short of picking up his second bracelet in the 2008 WSOP.
Ta-ta Toto (OUT - 4th)
Toto Leonidas was the next player to bust as we close in on the bracelet, all-in in the big blind, Benyamine hit a King high flush to send him to the rail and leave the players three handed.
Toto Leonidas is OUT, eliminated in 3rd place, winning $171,197.
Fade To Gray (OUT - 3rd)
Gray again was short and again it was Benyamine who dealt the fatal blow hitting two jacks with his J-T-T-9 against the unfortunate Gray's A-2-3-Q.
A 2 came on the turn to give Gray a shot at halving the pot, but Benyamine faded a baby card on the river to leave Gray's hopes and ambitions of winning a bracelet here in tatters.
Jason Gray is OUT, eliminated in 3rd spot, winning $209,855.
Since three handed Benyamine has been piling on the pressure, marrying his aggressive play with hitting more than his fair share of cards and it looks increasingly likely the French player will take down the bracelet as he enters the heads up with a mighty chip lead, with roughly $3 million to Greg Jamison's $1 million.
Can Benyamine do it and continue the 'Year Of The Pro'?
- Level: 24
- Blinds: 25,000/50,000
- Limit: 50,000/100,000
- Average Stack: $90,385
- Players Left: 52
- Tables Left: 1
Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better - Day 3, Reports by:

Matthew Showell
Rod Stirzaker
Jason Kirk
Arthur Crowson
Event 37, World Championship...
- Buy-In: $10,000
- Entrants: 235
- Total Prize Money: $2,209,000
- Date: Jun 19, 2008
- Final Day Jun 21, 2008
Event Chip Leaders1 year ago
Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better
| Player | Chip Stack |
|---|---|
| Ram Vaswani | $569,000 |
| Mike Matusow | $396,000 |
| Chau Giang | $384,000 |
| David Benyamine | $378,000 |
| David Chiu | $372,000 |
Blind Structure1 year ago
Event 37, World Championship Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8-or-Better
| Level | Ante | Blinds |
|---|
| Level 1 | 100/200 | ||
| Level 2 | 200/300 | ||
| Level 3 | 200/400 | ||
| Level 4 | 300/500 | ||
| Level 5 | 300/600 | ||
| Level 6 | 400/800 | ||
| Level 7 | 500/1,000 | ||
| Level 8 | 600/1,200 | ||
| Level 9 | 800/1,500 | ||
| Level 10 | 1,000/2,000 | ||
| Level 11 | 1,300/2,500 | ||
| Level 12 | 1,500/3,000 | ||
| Level 13 | 2,000/4,000 | ||
| Level 14 | 2,500/5,000 | ||
| Level 15 | 3,000/6,000 | ||
| Level 16 | 4,000/8,000 | ||
| Level 17 | 5,000/10,000 | ||
| Level 18 | 6,000/12,000 | ||
| Level 19 | 8,000/15,000 | ||
| Level 20 | 10,000/20,000 | ||
| Level 21 | 13,000/25,000 | ||
| Level 22 | 15,000/30,000 | ||
| Level 23 | 20,000/40,000 | ||
| Level 24 | 25,000/50,000 | ||
| Level 25 | 30,000/60,000 | ||
| Level 26 | 40,000/80,000 | ||
| Level 27 | 50,000/100,000 | ||
| Level 28 | 60,000/120,000 |
