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David Benefield

BIRTHPLACE: FORT WORTH, TEXAS
RESIDES: NEW YORK CITY, NY
BRACELETS
0
RINGS
0
CASHES
23
EARNINGS
$1,691,793
CASHES EARNINGS
WSOP 21 $1,527,547
EUROPE 1 $148,442
CIRCUIT 1 $15,804

Player Bio

  • Twitter Handle: @DWBenefield
  • Known throughout the internet poker world as "Raptor"
  • Went back to school after playing poker for five years to study philosophy and classical literature. In May 2015, he finished college after 11 years in undergrad.
  • His poker ambition is to win the main event
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Friday, July 15, 2016 6:18:35 PM EST
DAY FOUR BAGS UP AT 2016 WSOP MAIN EVENT
Brian Piccioli leads 251 survivors; Daniel Colman ranks second; Raymer and Chan still alive; Nine countries in the top 20.
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Sunday, June 28, 2015 11:17:03 PM EST
KEVIN MACPHEE WINS GOLD IN THE $5,000 NLHE TURBO
Popular Pro MacPhee wins his first gold bracelet.
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Monday, January 19, 2015 11:58:22 PM EST
JOSE MONTES WINS CHOCTAW MAIN EVENT AND $352K
New York-based pro outlasts 1,363 entries in season's largest Main Event.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015 11:02:16 PM EST
MAURICE HAWKINS HEADLINES DAY 2 OF SEASON'S LARGEST MAIN EVENT
Choctaw finale awards its victor $352K and a National Championship berth.
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Thursday, July 17, 2014 2:58:49 PM EST
CHIP CHATS: BREAKING DOWN THE NOVEMBER NINE COUNTS
How our short stack became the big stack and the big stack one of the short stacks.
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Monday, July 14, 2014 2:38:33 PM EST
CHIP CHATS: WHY PALMER SHOULDN'T WORRY AND JACOBSON COULD BE CONCERNED
Tales from the Day 7 chip stacks as we play from 27 to the November Nine.
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Sunday, July 6, 2014 1:41:51 AM EST
DAY 1A OF THE MAIN IS IN THE BOOKS
Martin Jacobson sets the bar high as he finishes the first flight with the chip lead.
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 9:40:53 PM EST
10 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MAIN EVENT DAY 1A AT THE DINNER BREAK
Tada
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Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:43:53 PM EST
10 THINGS TO KNOW AS WE KICK OFF THE 2014 MAIN EVENT
Poker's version of Christmas starts Saturday at 12pm.
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Monday, June 16, 2014 2:08:40 AM EST
PIERRE MILAN WINS AT HIS FIRST FINAL TABLE
Milan came in with no final table experience but showed no fear.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2013 10:42:00 PM EST
RYAN RIESS IS THE 2013 WSOP MAIN EVENT WORLD CHAMPION
The young pro from Michigan wins poker's biggest prize and over $8 million!
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013 4:13:45 PM EST
JAY FARBER AND RYAN RIESS SURVIVE THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER NINE ACTION
Down to final two as Jay Farber prepares to battle Ryan Riess for world title.
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013 6:53:00 PM EST
DOMINIK NITSCHE LEADS 70 PLAYERS RETURNING FOR DAY 3
The German bracelet winner rockets to the top as Day 2 wraps for the night.
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Monday, October 21, 2013 6:38:18 AM EST
LONI HARWOOD KEEPS POY RACE INTERESTING ON MAIN EVENT DAY 1B
Harwood bagged up six-figures; Lacay leads; Negreanu survives.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013 3:57:39 AM EST
2013 WSOP EUROPE KICKS OFF TODAY
The bracelet action is underway again and the view couldn't be better.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013 2:58:04 PM EST
RICHEY, RAPPING, AND REDEMPTION TONIGHT ON ESPN
Brett Richey raps, the final table looms, and the action gets tense. Day 6 starts at 9pm ET.
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Monday, August 19, 2013 7:41:34 PM EST
JASON STRASSER WINS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND $186K IN FOXWOODS
Online pro turned investment banker Jason Strasser finds time to win the ring.
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013 7:48:52 PM EST
GETTING TO KNOW THE NOVEMBER NINE: DAVID BENEFIELD
The man known as Raptor defied the odds to make the November Nine.
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013 5:34:43 PM EST
CHIP CHATS: HOW THE NOVEMBER NINE STACK UP
We take a look at how our finalists played their way through the year's biggest event.
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013 2:59:28 AM EST
JC TRAN HEADLINES 2013 NOVEMBER NINE LINE-UP
2013's most celebrated poker class passes the test.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 3:37:11 PM EST
DAY SEVEN DINNER BREAK REPORT
Marc McLaughlin is one of the players heading in the right direction on Day 7.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 3:35:22 PM EST
FINAL TABLE SET AT 2013 WSOP MAIN EVENT
November Nine Includes Players from Five Different Nations. Learn about them.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 2:53:15 PM EST
CHIP CHATS: TALES OF THE TOP 27
Big stacks, stacked tables, bracelet winners, and November 9 forecasting.
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Monday, July 15, 2013 1:37:06 AM EST
A MORNINGSTAR FOR MORGENSTERN
German poker player living in the U.K. Anton Morgenstern holds the chip lead with 27 remaining.
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Sunday, July 14, 2013 2:36:22 AM EST
JACKIE GLAZIER LAST WOMAN SITTING WITH 68 LEFT IN MAIN
Glazier, Carlos Mortensen, Steve Gee, and 65 others back Sunday for Day 6 action.