PartyPoker Premier League IV
Day 7 Completed
PartyPoker Premier League IV
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Day: 7
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
PartyPoker Premier League IV
Buy-in
$100,000
Entries
6
Level
7
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
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The chipleader coming into the day, Phil Laak, was the first to go and shortly following his elimination, Roland De Wolfe followed suit.
The fourth place finisher was Daniel Negreanu who was the chipleader of the tournament just minutes before he was crippled by Luke Schwartz and then eliminated by David Benyamine.
Giovanni Safina was eliminated in third place when Schwartz rivered the winning hand bringing the tournament heads-up. The normally brash Schwartz was gracious in defeat when the tournament was finally over.
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and would get called by David Benyamine who held a dominating 
. The flop would be cruel to Schwartz putting him in an awkward spot coming down
. Benyamine coyly checked, allowing Schwartz to bet 70,000. Beyamine then raised it up to 210,000 and after a few seconds Schwartz moved all in for 480,000 more. This move sent Benyamine deep into the tank, as he pondered whether or not to make the call. The longer it took, the more confident Schwartz got thinking for sure he had the best hand. "He would have called by now if he had me beat," said Schwartz. Phil Hellmuth commented that the confidence Schwartz was showing, thinking he was ahead could possibly prompt a fold from Benyamine.
Finally, Benyamine slid the chips into the center and Schwartz proudly announced he had a queen, only to see it was no good. "Why'd you slow roll," Schwartz said to Benyamine. "That's an easy call."
Schwartz then pleaded the dealer to peel some sort of card that would help his chances for a chop, even offering up $2,000 for a winning three.
The turn card was the
eliminating any chance at a chop, and now Schwartz would need a deuce, and only a deuce to take down the pot. It wasn't meant to be as the 
hit the felt.Luke Schwartz graciously shook David Benyamine's hand and congratulated him on the victory. Schwartz takes home $200,000 for his efforts this week for the runner-up finish.
flop. Benyamine was holding
, while Schwartz held 
.The two checked the flop and turn which was the
. The
hit the river giving Schwartz and Benyamine straights. Schwartz made it 80,000 and Benyamine raised to 150,000. Schwartz thought about it for a bit saying, "how did you make the flush" and then made the call. Schwartz tossed his cards on the table, visibly irritated, when he saw Benyamine's higher straight.
, and David Benyamine called with 
. Schwartz was unable to catch lightning in a bottle again, with the board coming 
. After the pot it looked like Schwartz wandered over to Benyamine to offer up a deal, to which Benyamine quickly declined.
. David Benyamine made the call with 
. The two checked the
.When Schwartz threw in his bet on the
turn, Benyamine mucked.
. Luke Schwartz snap-called and flipped over and immediately looked disturbed. "I thought i had king-jack! Am I spastic or something?" The flop came
and Safina's hand was still in the lead. The 
hit on the turn, and now if Schwartz had held the king-jack he would be in the lead. It wouldn't matter though, as the
crashed to the felt on the river giving Schwartz the winning hand nonetheless. He screamed with excitement, and immediately walked over and graciously shook Safina's hand. Safine smiled as the crowd congratulated him on his amazing accomplishment. He earns $100,000 for his amazing two-weeks in Vegas.
Going into heads up play, Schwartz holds a solid chip lead.
Luke Schwartz - 1,320,000
David Benyamine - 580,000
, Luke Schwartz tossed out a quick bet holding , and David Benyamine called with . The river was the 
, and Schwartz bet 75,000 and got a quick call from Benyamine. Schwartz is now on 1,030,000 while Benyamine is down to 635,000.