{"id":2896,"date":"2010-02-19T10:39:01","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T09:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=2896"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:16:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:16:21","slug":"david-benyamine-wins-partypoker-premier-league-poker-iv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/david-benyamine-wins-partypoker-premier-league-poker-iv.html","title":{"rendered":"David Benyamine wins PartyPoker Premier League Poker IV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2897\" title=\"David Benyamine wins Premier League Poker\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/david-benyamine-wins-premier-league-poker.jpg\" alt=\"David Benyamine wins Premier League Poker\" width=\"291\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/david-benyamine-wins-premier-league-poker.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/david-benyamine-wins-premier-league-poker-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/>David Benyamine has won the PartyPoker Premier League Poker IV title and $400,000!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Benyamine eliminated Luke Schwartz in the heads-up battle for the title. Both players had a pair of queens but David Benyamine had a higher kicker card than Luke Schwartz.<\/p>\n<h3>David Benyamine: I\u2019m not used to it<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">David Benyamine said: \u201cIt feels really good winning a title, I\u2019m not used to it. The whole time I never thought about winning, I just wanted to do what I thought was right. I know people always say that when they win but it\u2019s true.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I haven\u2019t really been around for a while and I hope this gives me momentum going forward! I really enjoyed the format and competition \u2013 I\u2019m sure it will make great \u00a0TV.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Position in these final tables can help and I didn\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Giovanni Safina takes $120,000 back to Sicily<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">PartyPoker&#8217;s Italian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/partypoker-qualifier-giovanni-safina-wins-the-100000-premier-league-seat.html\">qualifier Giovanni Safina<\/a> finished third taking $120,000 back to Palermo, Sicily. Safina was very unlucky in the last hand as he was in the lead until Luke Schwartz hit a lucky 3 on the river to eliminate the Party qualifier.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Giovanni Safina said: \u201cThis was a mind blowing experience, truly amazing. I am happy with my result. It is just so fantastic that one online qualifier like me who invested so little money on an online site can get to such a big stage as this playing with the best players in the world for a whole week in the PartyPoker Premier League.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daniel Negreanu, who beat last year&#8217;s winner JC Tran in the heads-up playoff earlier in the day, finished 4th taking $80,000. David Benyamine knocked Negreanu out with a full house versus a flush draw.<\/p>\n<h3>Phil Unabomber Laak chipleader but out first<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Roland De Wolfe beat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/team-party-premier-league-poker-final-table-live-blog.html\">PartyPoker&#8217;s Ian Frazer<\/a> in the heads-up playoff and finished 5th at the final table winning $70,000. De Wolfe had AJ but was knocked out by Daniel Negreanu and his pocket nines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chipleader at the start of the final table, Phil Laak, was eliminated first winning $50,000. Unabomber Laak had pocket tens while Benyamine had AK and hit the A on the turn to knock out the favourite Laak out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Total prize pool of the PartyPoker Premier League IV was $1.5 million and these are the total\u00a0payouts including the league stages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Benyamine $476,000<\/li>\n<li>Luke Schwartz $258,000<\/li>\n<li>Giovanni Safina $158,000<\/li>\n<li>Phil Laak $146,000<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Negreanu $132,000<\/li>\n<li>Roland De Wolfe $114,000<\/li>\n<li>Ian Frazer $52,000<\/li>\n<li>JC Tran $40,000<\/li>\n<li>Phil Hellmuth $38,000<\/li>\n<li>Yevgeniy Timoshenko $32,000<\/li>\n<li>Vanessa Rousso $32,000<\/li>\n<li>Tony G $22,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pokernews.com\/live-reporting\/partypoker-premier-league-iv\/premier-league-iv\/\">PokerNews<\/a> has all the live blogging details, while you can see all the pictures at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/album.php?aid=200780&amp;id=102206559991&amp;ref=mf\">PartyPoker&#8217;s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Benyamine has won the PartyPoker Premier League Poker IV title and $400,000! 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