Four heats out of six have been played at the PartyPoker Premier League and we have the results here; if you don't want to spoil the suspense for the upcoming tv broadcasts, don't read any further!


Phil "Unabomber" Laak has started the event with a devastating record of 3 wins in 3 heats, followed by David Benyamine who has also played 3 heats and finished in the top 3 each time. In third place is the Italian online qualifier Giovanni Safina who probably wasn't expecting such a good start to his tournament.

Laak defeated Benyamine in a tough heads up match in Heat 4 and commented his start to PartyPoker Blog: "I cannot believe it. How the hell did I do that!”

“My whole strategy from the get go was to crawl forward and just try and survive like any good poker player should. It’s not about winning it is about not dying – if you manage to not die you’ve won! So that’s the mantra…survive!” Laak said to PartyPoker Blog.

Tony G and Luke Schwartz were seated at the same table for the first time in Heat 4. There were no fireworks yet, so Kara Scott could safely bring the birthday boy Schwartz his cake (pictured).

Heat 5 is on as we write this and you can follow the updates on Pokernews.com here. Each player will take part in four heats, so the leaders Laak and Benyamine are sitting out this round.

Standings after 4 heats:

   1. Phil Laak – 48 points
   2. David Benyamine – 35 points
   3. Giovanni Safina – 21 points
   4. JC Tran – 17 points
   5. Yevgeniy Timoshenko – 16 points
   6. Roland De Wolfe – 14 points
   7. Luke Schwartz – 12 points
   8. Vanessa Rousso – 12 points
   9. Ian Frazer – 10 points
  10. Phil Hellmuth – 6 points
  11. Tony G – 5 points
  12. Daniel Negreanu – 4 points

Source: PartyPoker Blog.