Congratulations to everyone involved in the PokerNetwork.com Live vs Online Challenge for making it such a huge success. Plenty of fun and memorable moments were had but in the end the Online Team claim the gold medallions and bragging rights for their victory.
Heads Up
Online: 690
Live: 180
Shootout
Online: 260
Live: 610
Overall
Online: 950
Live: 790
It was a great comeback today by the Live Team to add some respectability to the score but ultimately it wasn't enough.
However one shining light was Ben Savage who takes home the trophy as the overall points champion. He claimed 155 points for his third place today and quarter-final effort yesterday to narrowly collect the prize ahead of Andrew Jeffreys, Steve Leonard and Peter Aristidou who were all on 150 points. Congratulations Ben!
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It's all over! A tough heads-up battle has been decided by a tremendous river call to give Peter Aristidou the victory and make Ben Savage a very happy man.
The hand started with Dave Lee raising from the button to 7,000 and Peter Aristidou making the call in the big blind.
The flop came down and Aristidou checked over to Lee who fired 11,000. Aristidou made the call. The turn brought the and this time Aristidou led for 16,000 before Lee popped it to 40,000. Aristidou made a deliberate call and the players went to the river.
Aristidou checked over to Lee who announced he was all in. It was a bet of over 80,000 chips and Aristidou went into the tank. He stood from his chair before he declared a call.
"You got me," said Lee and flipped as Aristidou slammed his cards down onto the felt in delight as his was good with just ace-high! A remarkable call to win the tournament!
Peter Aristidou has gained some momentum after a raise, three-bet, four-bet that forced Lee to let his hand go preflop.
The chips are looking even once more. While the teams prize is already locked away, there is some cash up for grabs but also there is the prestige of the individual points winner on the line.
A beautiful trophy is up for grabs and at the moment it's a race between two. Ben Savage is in front overall, and will remain there if Peter Aristidou wins, but if Dave Lee can take it down if he is victorious here.
Ben Savage has been eliminated in third place at the hands of Dave Lee, adding more spice to the Individual Points race.
Lee raised it up to 7,000 from the button, Peter Aristidou folded on the small blind and Savage made the call, going heads-up to a flop that read .
Savage checked, Lee fired out 12,000 and Savage called which then brought the turn of the - and the fireworks.
Savage shoved all-in and Lee snap-called, tabling for top pair, but was behind the flopped two pair of Savage, who held .
With one card to come, a miracle on the river for Lee - the - spiked on the river! Lee reeled away from the table in mixed emotions; Savage stared blankly at the board wondering what might have been.