$1,100 PokerNetwork Live vs Online Challenge | 2009 PokerNews Cup Australia

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

09-30-2009 18:39 UTC+10

Kerry Stead Eliminated in 4th Place

[user67765]

Kerry Stead and Peter Aristidou went to war in a battle of the blinds and all the last chips went in on the turn on a board of {2-Spades}

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Stead tabled {K-Clubs}

for top pair but Aristidou had spiked two pair on the turn with his {Q-Diamonds}

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The river landed the {5-Spades}

and Aristidou takes it down to eliminate Stead in 4th place.

Tags: Kerry Stead Peter Aristidou

09-30-2009 18:34 UTC+10

Savage Applying Pressure

[user90534]

Kerry Stead and Ben Savage have tangled in a pot shortly after Jai Kemp's elimination.

Stead made it 4,500 to go from the button, only to find Savage coming along for the ride from the big blind.

The flop came down {8-Diamonds}

- Savage checked, Stead opened for 6,500 and Savage called and it was off to the turn which came down {9-Hearts}

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This time, it would be Savage that would fire out, declaring that he was all in. Stead tilted his head from side to side, grimaced and ran his head through his hair, puzzled as to what Savage might have had.

Eventually, after about three minutes in the tank, Stead reluctantly let his hand go.

Tags: Ben Savage Kerry Stead

09-30-2009 18:22 UTC+10

Chip Counts

[user90534]

The final four players' chip counts (approximate) read as follows:

Ben Savage - 42,500
Dave Lee - 116,000
Kerry Stead - 58,000
Peter Aristidou - 100,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

09-30-2009 18:18 UTC+10

Kemp Coolered

[user67765]

Peter Aristidou opened the action from the button to 3,600 before Jai Kemp popped it up another 10,000 from the small blind. Ben Savage folded his big blind before Aristidou moved all in. Jemp made the call.

Aristidou: {K-Hearts}

Kemp:

The board fell {7-Diamonds}

and Kemp hits the rail in 5th place.

Tags: Jai Kemp Peter Aristidou

09-30-2009 18:16 UTC+10

Stead-y As He Goes

[user90534]

Kerry Stead has managed to take a chunk of change off Ben Savage in a recent hand as play continues on this final table.

Stead raised it up to 3,500 under the gun, only to have Savage make the call from the small blind and it was heads-up to the flop of {4-Diamonds}

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Savage checked to Stead who opened for 4,500. Savage made the call and checked the turn which produced the {5-Hearts}

. Stead reached for a stack and some sundries before shoving a total of 14,000 into the middle.

Savage insta-mucked; Stead flashed pocket aces before raking in the pot.

Tags: Ben Savage Kerry Stead

09-30-2009 18:11 UTC+10

Lee Extends Lead

[user67765]

Ben Savage limped before Dave Lee popped it up to 4,500 in position. Play folded back to Savage who made the call.

They saw a flop of {7-Diamonds}

and Savage checked to Lee who fired 8,000. Savage made the call. The turn brought the {9-Clubs}

and Savage checked again to Lee who immediately announced he was all in. Savage released and Lee adds to his chip lead.

Tags: Ben Savage Dave Lee

09-30-2009 18:09 UTC+10

It's Go Time!

[user67765]

The players are looking to wrap this one up. Some discussions have ensured that fifth place will be adequately compensated while all players have agreed to reduce the length of the levels from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.

We might see some fireworks soon!

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100