Lakhdar Benamara

Lakhdar Benamara first appeared in recorded tournaments in October 2019, when he finished 6th in the Open Circus Club Paris event (€550 buy-in), earning €2,580. According to a report by PokerNews, he was eliminated on the sixth hand of the final day with less than two big blinds.

Benamara had a strong 2022 season, headlined by a victory in the 2022 WSOP Daily Deepstacks 5pm Daily Deep Stack on June 29, 2022. The $400 buy-in event attracted 343 entrants, and Benamara took first place for $24,840. He also reached the final table of the Euro Poker Million EPM High Roller (€1,100 buy-in) on August 28, 2022, finishing 8th out of 200 players for €6,333.

In the same month as his WSOP win, Benamara cashed in several other events at the 53rd World Series of Poker:

• June 20, 2022: WSOP Freezeout $500 – 641st place (4,786 entrants) – $801
• June 22, 2022: WSOP Daily Deepstacks 2pm Daily Deep Stack $250 – 92nd (860 entrants) – $441
• July 1, 2022: 53rd WSOP Mini Main Event $1,000 – 250th (5,833 entrants) – $3,634
• July 10, 2022: 53rd WSOP Lucky 7 7-Handed $777 – 570th (6,891 entrants) – $1,658

He also cashed in the Euro Poker Million Main Event (€490 buy-in) on August 22, 2022, finishing 208th out of 2,915 players for €1,155.

According to public records, Lakhdar Benamara was born in 1970 and resides in Sannois, France. He attended Collège Pierre Curie and Lycée Romain Rolland in Goussainville.