After some drama and tight battles, we have a winner at the PartyPoker Premier League IV. The news is all about spoilers of the results, so if you don't want to know before the tv broadcasts of the show, don't read any further.


Heads up was between David Benyamine and Luke Schwartz and it's going to be interesting to see. Schwartz started with a clear lead but lost it in three hands in quick fashion. First he pushed with K7s but bumped into Benyamine's KTs. In the next big hand Benyamine turned a straight but slowplayed it to the river where Schwartz made a smaller straight to a 3-flush board. "How did you make the flush?" Schwartz growled before making the call. Seeing that he was up against a bigger straight, he threw his cards angirly away.

The decisive hand came right after that one; again Benyamine had a dominating hand (Q8 vs Q2) and the board came Q-high. Benyamine check-raised, Schwartz pushed all-in, Benyamine tanked before making the call. "Why did you slowroll? That's an easy call," Schwartz said.

"I didn’t do anything special today, I just got hands at the right time and played my own game. Luke Schwartz is a very impulsive player but I just stuck to my own game heads-up and it was enough," Benyamine said after the game.

Heads up was over quickly, but it took seven hours to get rid of the first player at the final table. Ironically it was Phil Laak who had dominated the heats. The Italian online qualifier Giovanni Safina made himself proud with a 3rd place finish.

The final table standings:

1. David Benyamine
2. Luke Schwartz
3. Giovanni Safina
4. Daniel Negreanu
5. Roland De Wolfe
6. Phil Laak

Players' cashes (including heats):

1. David Benyamine $476,000
2. Luke Schwartz $258,000
3. Giovanni Safina $158,000
4. Phil Laak $146,000
5. Daniel Negreanu $132,000
6. Roland De Wolfe $114,000
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7. Ian Frazer $52,000
8. JC Tran $40,000
9. Phil Hellmuth $38,000
10. Yevgeniy Timoshenko $32,000
11. Vanessa Rousso $32,000
12. Tony G $22,000

Sources: Pokernews, where you can also find videos of Benyamine and Schwartz, and PartyPoker Blog.

DB