Charles La Boissonniere - partypoker World Cup of Cards$1,100 Playground1000 Winner
Charles La Boissonniere just took down the $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Playground1000 $1 milllion guarantee event for $200,000 after steamrolling the final table. He defeated Garrett Dansereau in a quick heads-up match after dominating the field in the final stretch.
La Boissonniere has just taken his seat here today and looks to take down two massive guarantee events in one series. His win just a couple of days ago was his first, and he is now sporting his newly-acquired partypoker headphones and is looking like he's back in the zone.
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Partypoker's own Team Pro Kristen Bicknell leads the field with 2,969,000 chips, double what she started the day with. Close behind is Ryan Riess with 2,600,000. Between the two of them, they have three World Series of Poker bracelets. Bicknell holds Ladies' Event and Bounty titles, and Riess boasts a Main Event title.
Here is a look at the top stacks after four levels:
With about 130,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Carter Swidler checked from the hijack. Duff Charette was on the button and bet 55,000. Swidler called.
The turn was the . Swidler checked again and Charette paused before betting 135,000 this time. Swidler tank-called.
The river was the and Swidler checked. Charette thought for a short while and then elected to check back. Swidler tabled for a rivered set of tens and Charette mucked his hand.
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We got to the table as Carter Swidler was raking in a big pot with in front of him.
The board read , and according to the table Frank Bruno was in the small blind and checked to Swidler who fired out a bet. Bruno piled his stack in the middle and Swidler snapped him off.
Bruno held , but was up against the nuts and he was sent packing.
Action folded around to the player on the button who raised to 50,000. Simon Pin-Disle was seated on the small blind and three-bet jammed for 209,000. Stephan Tzoutzourakis awaited his turn int he big blind and four-bet shoved over the top, forcing the player on the button to fold.
Pin-Disle:
Tzoutzourakis:
Pin-Disle was in rough shape but a nine on the river of a board gave him new life.
, Carter Swidler checked from the hijack. Duff Charette was on the button and bet 55,000. Swidler called.
. Swidler checked again and Charette paused before betting 135,000 this time. Swidler tank-called.
and Swidler checked. Charette thought for a short while and then elected to check back. Swidler tabled 
for a rivered set of tens and Charette mucked his hand.
in front of him.
, and according to the table Frank Bruno was in the small blind and checked to Swidler who fired out a bet. Bruno piled his stack in the middle and Swidler snapped him off. 
board gave him new life.