PartyPoker Premier League IV

PartyPoker Premier League IV
Day: 4
Event Info

PartyPoker Premier League IV

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
$400,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Entries
6
Level Info
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Schwartz Reads Weakness and Bluffs Safina

Luke Schwartz
Luke Schwartz
Luke Schwartz, Vanessa Rousso and Giovanni Safina all saw the turn on a board of {10-?}{8-?}{6-?}{A-?}. Schwartz held an open-ended straight draw with the {J-?}{9-?} and fired 30,000. Safina called with the {10-?}{9-?} and a pair of tens. Rousso held a double gutter with {Q-?}{J-?} and also made the call, looking to hit a king or a nine to make her straight.

The river blanked off and the best hand was left to Safina, who held just a pair of tens. He fired a small bet into the middle, essentially turning his hand into a bluff. Daniel Negreanu was commentating and didn't like the bet from Safina, but he couldn't do anything about it from the commentating room. He claimed that Schwartz was going to read this as weakness and could raise Safina.

After Rousso folded her hand, Schwartz did just that, he raised Safina for about 120,000 more than Safina's bet. Safina went into the tank and little did he know he held the best hand over Schwartz's jack high and busted straight draw. Safina tanked for several minutes and it looked like he just might have it in him to make the call. This wouldn't be the first time Schwartz bluffed Safina and that had to be weighing on the PartyPoker qualifier's mind.

After those several minute sin the tank, Safina slid his hand into the muck and Schwartz got away with one. He stood from his chair and slammed over his two cards to show the total bluff.

"That's what I'm talking about!" he yelled out. "That's what I'm talking about!"

This was a very pivotal pot in the tournament, as Safina had been besting Schwartz in a few hands where the two clashed previously. Finally though, Schwartz was able to get one back in one of the most keys pots of this heat with a great read.

Tags: Giovanni SafinaLuke SchwartzVanessa Rousso