Poker After Dark - David Benaymine\'s weight problem
 

I'm watching "poker after dark" last night (east coast 2:05 am NBC) and i see Benyamine to the far left in a striped red and white full tilt poker shirt. I can see he has gained some weight since i saw him on season 2 of the world poker tour just by the rounded cheeks and lower neck area. Well then the camera does a pan-around of the table and i see a full body profile of Benyamine. All i have to say is this many is seriously overweight. Not morbidly obese or anything, but he has a tremendous amount of girth, around his midsection. Recent studies show, waistline girth is more of an indicator of current and future health problems than overall weight. This guy was a tennis pro! How in the world did his metabolism slow to an absolute hault to this extent? If i had to put Benyamine on a list of out of shape poker players, with Raymer, Benymine and Lederer on the list I'd have to rate them as such:

1. Benyamine
2. Wayne Newton (I've seen him in poker rooms)
3. Lederer
4. Raymer

Although Raymer is bigger, he is huskier and his overall weight is distributed more evenly as oppossed to just his waistline area. Lederer has had obvious previous weight problems and doesnt appear to be taking great pains to keep the weight off now. This pic from the website doesnt do it justice but watch the show tonight before he gets knocked out (looks inevitable) and look as the size of his shirt (probably a XXXXL) and the size of his waist. An unhealthy man indeed.

http://www.pokerafterdark.com/player...avid_Benyamine

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well when you sit on your ass for 25 hours a day you can get pretty fat

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well when you sit on your ass for 25 hours a day you can get pretty fat

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the strange part is in that episode, he said he didnt want to go to a world class boxing match (de la hoya/ merriwether?) because he "couldnt sit there for 3 hours"...uhh david, dont you have upwards of 15/18 hour poker sessions?

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merriwether?

Jesus I wouldnt go see that either.

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It's a little different watching people do something and playing for hundreds of thousands of dollars. The latter is more exciting, I'd expect.

In any case, I don't see how any of these people's weight problems, whether they have them or not, are our business.

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Nick Varner, just because he doesn't want to see two people beat the [censored] out of each other doesn't mean he can't sit in front of a computer for 20 hours and play nose bleed poker. Guarantee that shirt is not 4XL either.

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David Benaymine's weight problem???

WTF. What kind of a post is this? Do you want to ask him if he hires you as his personal trainer or what? Why do you care about his weight?

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OP likes db's GOCK

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Go [censored] yourself.
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well when you sit on your ass for 25 hours a day you can get pretty fat

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the strange part is in that episode, he said he didnt want to go to a world class boxing match (de la hoya/ merriwether?) because he "couldnt sit there for 3 hours"...uhh david, dont you have upwards of 15/18 hour poker sessions?

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That's exactly why he doesn't want to sit around for 3 hours. He even said that at the time -- he's already sitting around enough for his job.

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[X] move the post to Health & Fitness

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He reminds me of Chip and Doyle from the '99 WSOP.

http://onkel-morra-se.ath.cx/wsop99.jpg

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haha de la hoya and merriwether. wtf, its mayweather man, he's the best boxer in the world btw. You should learn his name and watch him fight, he's fun

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Doyle looks [censored] hudge in that pic.

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mark my words as poker continues to boom in popularity a major poker star will have health issues due to obesity and lack of exercise and you will see this issue of 'unhealthy' poker players come to the forefront I really hope that pic of Doyle and chip is doctored because that is embarrassing no offense to their skills at the table

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haha de la hoya and merriwether. wtf, its mayweather man, he's the best boxer in the world btw. You should learn his name and watch him fight, he's fun

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I hate to derail this thread from it's intended stupidity, but FLoyd Mayweather is neither the best boxer in the world, nor any fun to watch at all. He is probably the best defensive boxer on the planet, but has no power or offensive threats whatsoever. A talented, nasty brawler like Ricky Hatton would probably beat the crap out of Floyd, if Floyd would get within 10 feet of him. Hell, De La Hoya almost beat him, and he isn't even a boxer any more.

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I hate to derail this thread from it's intended stupidity, but FLoyd Mayweather is neither the best boxer in the world, nor any fun to watch at all.

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I agree he's not exciting to watch, but he has a pretty strong case for best boxer in the world. He's #1 on Ring's list.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_Ma...ound_for_pound

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A talented, nasty brawler like Ricky Hatton would probably beat the crap out of Floyd, if Floyd would get within 10 feet of him.

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Unfortunately for Hatton, there's no "within ten feet" rule, which is part of why Floyd is a big favorite for their December fight.

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haha de la hoya and merriwether. wtf, its mayweather man, he's the best boxer in the world btw. You should learn his name and watch him fight, he's fun

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I hate to derail this thread from it's intended stupidity, but FLoyd Mayweather is neither the best boxer in the world, nor any fun to watch at all. He is probably the best defensive boxer on the planet, but has no power or offensive threats whatsoever. A talented, nasty brawler like Ricky Hatton would probably beat the crap out of Floyd, if Floyd would get within 10 feet of him. Hell, De La Hoya almost beat him, and he isn't even a boxer any more.

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Floyd is pretty much unanimously declared the best boxer in the world by everyone. You are not a boxing fan if you don't think he is fun to watch. You can hate him but he is great. BTW he's not the most defensive, that would be Jermain Taylor

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i cant believe he doesnt lose weight from banging erica, or does she refuse?

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Actually Benyamine gets a cookie every time he ___________ .

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i cant believe he doesnt lose weight from banging erica, or does she refuse?

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maybe Erica is always on top and doing all the work cuz DB is busy eating and multitabling online. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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mark my words as poker continues to boom in popularity a major poker star will have health issues due to obesity and lack of exercise and you will see this issue of 'unhealthy' poker players come to the forefront I really hope that pic of Doyle and chip is doctored because that is embarrassing no offense to their skills at the table

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DISCLAIMER: I know that everyone is going to take their shots here, but this is not a political post. President Bush was profiled as an athlete in Runner's World magazine.
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Poker is no different than any other job where you sit around a lot. At-home trascriptionists, for example, not only sit down all day at work, they don't even have to leave their house to do it.

However, since poker is a sit-down job, Daniel N. has made the point that it's necessary to make time, every day, to work out and keep in shape.

If you think that's impossible with the long work day of a poker player. consider that President Bush makes the time every day, and until recent knee problems (he now concentrates on bike riding), he ran a 5K in around 20 minutes at age 56. If you think you have less free time than the president to stay in shape, then you're the king of excuses.

By the way, to put the president's condition in perspective, look at race results in your local newspaper, age 50 and over. We're talking 99th percentile here.

Anyone else have an excuse that they're too busy?

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I was surprised to find out that Benyamine is a tennis player altho he said he hasn't played since he was18. Fortunately, Doyle Brunson isn't near as large any more as he is in that picture. Apparently he even plays golf. But, isn't Mario Traniello Jennifer Harmon's husband? He's looking a big chubby-faced himself since they first got married.

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However, since poker is a sit-down job, Daniel N. has made the point that it's necessary to make time, every day, to work out and keep in shape.


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Maybe playing high stakes golf, but after seeing him run on some commercial through the desert, I don't think he does it often.

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If you think you have less free time than the president to stay in shape, then you're the king of excuses.

By the way, to put the president's condition in perspective, look at race results in your local newspaper, age 50 and over. We're talking 99th percentile here.

Anyone else have an excuse that they're too busy?

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hasn't bush also taken over 400 vacation days since being in office

typical american in the same time only has had 70

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I hate to derail this thread from it's intended stupidity, but FLoyd Mayweather is neither the best boxer in the world, nor any fun to watch at all. He is probably the best defensive boxer on the planet, but has no power or offensive threats whatsoever. A talented, nasty brawler like Ricky Hatton would probably beat the crap out of Floyd, if Floyd would get within 10 feet of him. Hell, De La Hoya almost beat him, and he isn't even a boxer any more.

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i love it when people are trying to call out others for being stupid and make themselves look like a buffoon in the process...newbodog has the odds listed at -285 for mayweather over hatton which is a pretty heavy favorite when it concerns boxing...dont try to clarify yourself and say "get within ten feet of him"...as others stated mayweather wouldnt get that close because he knows thats hattons strength. Mayweather is easily the best boxer in the world despite his defensive stance. No one can name another boxer who is better. Get a clue.

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If you think you have less free time than the president to stay in shape, then you're the king of excuses.

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I thought presidents had big budgets to hire lots of cronies, delegate authority, go on month long vacations, watch tube, take naps, read "My Pet Goat", and stuff ?