David Benyamine raised to 35,000 from the button with the . Phil Laak flat-called in the small blind with the . Luke Schwartz moved all in from the big blind for 510,000 holding the . Benyamine folded and then Laak went into the tank. He wanted to know how many points second and third got and the money as well. After figuring all of that out, Laak folded his hand and let Schwartz live for the time being.
From the button, David Benyamine raised to 35,000 with the . Luke Schwartz called from the big blind with the .
The flop came down and Schwartz checked. Benyamine bet his pair of aces and spade draw for 46,000. Schwartz called.
The turn was the and Schwartz made a straight, but Benyamine made a flush. Both players checked.
The river was the and now there was a royal flush on board. Everyone at the table laughed as the two players involved in the hand checked it down and then chopped up the pot.
On the next hand following the royal flush on board, the dealer dealt out the five community cards to read between David Benyamine and Phil Laak. Both players held offsuit. Benyamine checked the river and Laak fired 142,000 into a pot of 145,000. Benyamine tanked and then folded his hand, allowing Laak to pick up the pot.
On the button was Luke Schwartz holding the . He raised to 35,000. David Benyamine held the in the small blind and called and then Phil Laak called with two red fives in the big blind.
The flop came down and Benyamine checked. Laak fired 42,000 and Schwartz called. Benyamine raised to 110,000 and then Laak folded. Schwartz verified the raise amount and then called.
The turn brought the and Benyamine checked. With about 400,000 in his stack and the pot at slightly less than that, Schwartz fired 45,000. Benyamine flat-called.
The river completed the board with the and Benyamine checked. Schwartz gave up and checked behind. Benyamine tabled his full house and won the hand to move to 1.475 million. Schwartz is now the smallest stack with 380,000. Laak has 545,000.
David Benyamine picked up two aces -- -- on the button and raised to 35,000. Phil Laak folded and in the big blind, Luke Schwartz dumped about 70% of his chips into the middle with one unknown card and the . Benyamine moved all in and Schwartz called. When Benyaine rolled his hand over, Schwartz tossed his cards disgustedly into the air as he walked away from the table and the dealer turned them over to reveal the .
The flop came down and Benyamine was even closer to knocking Schwartz out. The turn brought the and Schwartz was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the and that officially ended things.
Schwartz shook the hands of Laak and Benyamine and exited the tournament, earning eight points and $16,000. He now has 12 points overall and the top two players on the overall leaderboard were left to battle it out.
David Benyamine and Phil Laak have made it to heads-up play. Laak started the day wearing the gold jersey and sitting on top of the overall standings with 32 points. He got those points after going two-for-two in the first matches he played. Benyamine earned a third place in his first match and then won his second match to put him in second place overall coming into today.
Will Benyamine win his second match or will Laak go three-for-three and continue his streak of victories here at the PartyPoker Premier League IV? Stay tuned to find out!
Phil Laak limped the button with the . David Benyamine wasn't going to let him in for cheap when he looked down at the and raised to 80,000. Laak folded.