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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!
David Benyamine - 1,880,000
Phil Laak - 520,000
PartyPoker Premier League IV
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Buy-in
$100,000
Entries
6
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
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!
David Benyamine - 1,880,000
Phil Laak - 520,000
Luke Schwartz Eliminated in 3rd Place ($16,000)
-- 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.
Schwartz Takes Another Interesting Line
. 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.
Full House On Board
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.
Royal Flush
. 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.
Schwartz Squeezes One Out
. 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.
Another King-rag Bests Schwartz
and Phil Laak called from the big blind with the .After a flop of
, Laak checked. Schwartz checked behind. The turn added the to the board and both checked again. The river was the and Laak checked. Schwartz bet 30,000 and Laak made the call.Schwartz failed to bluff Laak off his hand and lost the pot. This is another time that Laak held a king-rag against Schwartz's wired pair and out-flopped him.
Benyamine Flops Two Pair
. Phil Laak was in the big blind and made the call. He had a good hand as well for this spot, .The flop came down
and Benyamine flopped two pair. He checked and Laak fired 36,000.The turn was the
and now Laak was drawing completely dead. Benyamine checked and Laak checked his time.The river was the
and Benyamine bet 78,000. Laak folded and Benyaine scooped in the pot to increase his chip lead.
Giovanni Safina Eliminated in 4th Place ($12,000)
. David Benyamine called from the big blind with the 
. Safina was at risk and racing to stay alive in this heat. He did hold the best hand though.The flop came down
and Luke Schwartz got very happy to see the king fall and Safina fall behind. The turn was the 
and the river the and things were over for Safina. He did earn six points and move up to 21 total, but this was just the scenario that Schwartz was looking for.
Overall Standings
1. Phil Laak – 32 points
2. David Benyamine - 24 points
3. JC Tran – 17 points
4. Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 16 points
5. Giovanni Safina - 15 points
6. Roland De Wolfe – 14 points
7. Vanessa Rousso – 12 points
8. Ian Frazer – 10 points
9. Phil Hellmuth - 6 points
10. Tony G - 5 points
T-11. Luke Schwartz – 4 points
T-11. Daniel Negreanu – 4 points
There hasn't been a whole lot of change right away. Tony G did jump from the bottom ahead of Luke Schwartz and Daniel Negreanu, but Schwartz is guaranteed at least six points here so he'll be moving back ahead of Tony G shortly.
Safina has also locked up six points and will move ahead of Yevgeniy Timoshenko and JC Tran. Phil Laak and David Benyamine are sitting one and two at the moment and will be increasing their point totals and lead on the rest of the field. It'll be by a matter of how much now.
Schwartz seems to be the biggest beneficiary of the fourth heat so far. After earning only four points so far, he's already locked up six more and can jump to at least a tie with Ian Frazer, who holds ten points. Schwartz could move up to as high as fourth if Safina goes out next and Schwartz wins this heat.
Even though Benyamine and Laak have solid spots locked up already, the amount of chips each player starts with at the final table is directly related to how many points they earn in the preliminary heats. So, both those players will still be trying to max out their performances and get as many points as possible. They do have the ease of being able to loosen up a bit and not worry about going out anytime soon and coming up short.
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