Congratulations Soren Blanner, Winner of Event 4: $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (AUD$37,920)!
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Well, that'll be all she wrote, sports fans - the winner's photos have been taken, the chips are now being racked up and Denmark's Soren Blanner from Denmark has just signed off on an AUD$37,920 payday for victory in the 2011 Aussie Millions $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Shootout!
Blanner started the final table with a slender chip lead over James Keys, but it was a case of friendly fire between Keys and fellow Englishman John Eames. Eames, who was the clear short stack at the start of this final table, moved all-in after a queen-high flop with pocket tens, only to discover that Keys had hit with his 
.
Eames had to settle for 10th place and he was soon joined by Aussie Daniel Neilson. Neilson, who had a stellar 2010 (including a win in the Western Classic Main Event in Perth, plus the 2010 PokerNetwork Player of the Year title), pushed with 
preflop but Justin Walch woke up with pocket queens; thus Neilson was eliminated in ninth.
Korea's Chris Yea was the next to go - having rarely been involved in any action leading up to his bust-out, he came alive shoving with pocket deuces from the button but was crushed by Charlie Combes' pocket tens. Combes was also responsible for the elimination of Andrew Teng in seventh after his 
outdrew Teng's pocket jacks and Key's pocket queens.
Barry Drysdale finished Keys off in sixth place in the very next hand, iso-shoving with pocket sevens after Keys moved the last of his short stack into the middle with 
. Walch followed shortly afterwards in fifth place; having been unable to improve on his stack from earlier on, he shoved with 
after Powell raised from early position. The only problem was that Powell had pocket tens.
Blanner then managed to take Combes out in fourth place; Blanner got it in good with 
against Combes' 
, but Combes hit a pair on the flop of 
. Fortunately for Blanner, he managed to hit trip tens on the river and after the chips were cut down, Combes was cast out.
From there, Blanner was able to send Drysdale out in third place before delivering a one-two knockout punch to Powell. And after only four hours of play, we have our newest Aussie Millions champion!
Well, that's about all we have time for, boys and girls. Thanks for sticking it out with us once again. Be sure to keep your browsers locked onto PokerNews as we continue our coverage of the $1,100 8-Game Mixed event before returning tomorrow when we kick things up a notch with the $1,100 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em event. Until then, it's time for yours truly to hop along outta here - see you soon!