"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Flight 1G): Charlemagne Benjamin Is One Notable Off To A Strong Start

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 5 (Blinds 150/300/50)
Total Flight 1G Entries: 180

Charlemagne Benjamin (Miami Gardens, FL) claims to run terrible here at the Isle Poker Room, but he can't say that about his start to Flight 1G.

As the Flight 1G field continues to grow, so does the chip stack of Charlemagne Benjamin (Miami Gardens, FL).  Benjamin and Randolph Lipton just got it all-in on the flop, with the board reading 4♠ 4♦ 6♦, and the two holding very similar stacks.  Charlemagne was in good position with A♦ 3♦, against the K♦ Q♦ of Lipton, with the 5♦ on the turn leaving Lipton drawing dead.  Benjamin's stack was just a few thousand larger than Lipton, meaning Randolph would have to exit the table, while Charlemagne chipped up to 60,000.

Benjamin is just one of an large group of notables names in this Flight 1G field, a lot of which we are seeing for the first time this week:

Michael Newman

Ory Hen

Nissim Gozlan

Fernando Pages

Paul Vieira

Stephen Smith

Michael Marks

William Underdown

Sandra Meyer

Mark Bernstein