$175 No Limit Hold'em | $100,000 GTD
Level 5 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 190
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| Charlemagne Benjamin (Miami, FL) is about to make 2017 the best year of his poker career. |
From 2010 through 2015, Charlemagne Benjamin (Miami, FL) played poker recreationally, entering tournaments on a sporadic basis. Then came 2016, and a complete shift in focus for Benjamin, as he took things much more seriously. The results did the talking, as he earned just over $10,000 combined in the five year period (2010-2015), and then $132,727 last year (2016). His year was highlighted by (3) five-figure scores, including second place money in a chop that ended Event #6 of the 2016 Rock N' Roll Poker Open ($39,865).
The breakout year was a special one for Charlemagne, but "big things" continued happening at this year started, and he earned the largest tournament cash of his career. Benjamin finished in fifth place during the $1,100 WPT DeepStacks Main Event at Seminole Hard Rock (Lucky Hearts Poker Open), taking home $77,127 for his efforts. With that kickstarting the year, and the numerous results that followed, Charlemagne is only a few thousand dollars short of besting his earnings from last year ($131,340). A "deep-ish" type run in this event would help him make 2017 even better than last year, squashing any claims that he may have been a one-hit wonder. In order to cash in this event though, he needs to first find a bag, and has today's pair of flights to do that.
Benjamin headlines our second look of notables in the field, including the likes of:
Maury Halperin
Michael Goldfarb
William Swicicki
Seamus Hoban
Joseph Mancuso
Frank Traino
Sheldon Gross
Evan Braunstein
Linzell Borders
James McCaffrey
Danielle Bastarache
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