Event #4: No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day 2 Started
2011 Aussie Millions
Event #4: No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Entries
158
Level
19
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
The Start of a New British Empire?
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Another glorious day has greeted us here at the Crown Casino in Melbourne and PokerNews is once again front and center at the feature table for the final table of the 2011 Aussie Millions $1,100 No Limit Hold'em Shootout!
The event began with 158 players, including a cavalcade of international superstars including past Aussie Millions Main Event champions Tony Bloom, Stewart Scott and Tyron Krost, as well as a massive stable of Full Tilt Red Pros, featuring Annette Obrestad, James Akenhead, Scott Montgomery and 2010 APPT Grand Final champion Jonathan Karamalikis.
All of these players fell by the wayside, but we've already had eight players make the money. Ben Delaney, Sam Vakili, Toby Lewis, Neil Channing, Sam Georges, David Lacchia, Dave Morton and Dean Nyberg have all picked up their AUD $2,015 from the cage, leaving us with a final table worthy of any "Ashes" battle.
However, it's those limey Poms that make up 50% of the players returning today, outnumbering the Aussies (of which there are four) and the Koreans (one), as well as Denmark's Soren Blanner, who leads the chip counts with 334,900.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | BBs | Chip % |
| 1 | Soren Blanner | Denmark | 334,900 | 84 | 21.2% |
| 2 | James Keys | England | 280,700 | 70 | 17.8% |
| 3 | Barry Drysdale | Australia | 241,400 | 60 | 15.3% |
| 4 | Charlie Combes | England | 230,100 | 58 | 14.6% |
| 5 | Jack Powell | England | 230,000 | 58 | 14.6% |
| 6 | Justin Walch | Australia | 121,200 | 30 | 7.7% |
| 7 | Andrew Teng | England | 96,300 | 24 | 6.1% |
| 8 | Chris Yea | Korea | 95,600 | 24 | 6.1% |
| 9 | Daniel Neilson | Australia | 57,200 | 14 | 3.6% |
| 10 | John Eames | England | 28,900 | 7 | 1.8% |
Play will be getting underway very shortly, so be sure to stay with us for exclusive coverage, right here at PokerNews! In the meantime, why not catch up with all the latest news from the rest of the poker world with The Nightly Turbo?
Please Hold ...
The players are drawing for their seats and are now unbagging their chips. Stay tuned ladies and germs, the cards will be up in the air soon!
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 400
It's Go Time
The button is in seat seven and the cards are in the air!
Seat Draw
Wondering where your favorite player is sitting? Here's the seat draw.
Seat 1: Justin Walch
Seat 2: Andrew Teng
Seat 3: Barry Drysdale
Seat 4: Soren Blanner
Seat 5: John Eames
Seat 6: James Keys
Seat 7: Daniel Neilson
Seat 8: Chris Yea
Seat 9: Charlie Combes
Seat 10: Jack Powell
John Eames Eliminated in 10th Place (AUD$3,160)
And just like that, we've had our first elimination of the day.
From middle position, John Eames made it 19,100 to go and found a caller in James Keys from the hijack. The flop came down 
.
Eames moved all in for his remaining 8,000 and Keys made the call.
Eames: 
Keys: 
The turn brought the 
and the river the 
and Keys' queens gave him the pot, and moved his stack to 307,000 while Eames was sent to the payout desk as the first elimination of the day, collecting AUD$3,160 for his efforts.
Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
The railbirds are out in full force, sweating their friends at this feature table here in the poker room at Crown Casino. If you're in the area, (or like many of you, upstairs here in the hotel), you should come down and check out the action!
A Mini Ashes Battle Ensues
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
Rarely a flop has been seen since the elimination of John Eames, but we've already seen Australia's Barry Drysdale and England's John Keys go toe-to-toe in a couple of pots.
Earlier, Drysdale limped in from under the gun before Keys raised to 13,200, forcing the others out of the way. Drysdale called and both players checked the flop of 
before Drysdale check-folded after Keys' bet of 16,500 on the turn of the .
A few hands later Drysdale again limped in from middle position before Keys raised to 13,500 from the hijack position. Drysdale called, then fired out 20,000 on the flop of 
. Keys let his hand go into the muck.
In related news, not much else is happening, apart from Andrew Teng reraising all-in after a raise from Justin Walch preflop, but Walch folded. Action Jackson!
Another Few Hands
Level 13
: 2,000/4,000, 400 ante
It's very much the case of much ado about nothing as the action (or lack thereof) continues all up in here.
The action folded around to Charlie Combes who raised to 10,500 from the button before the flop. Jack Powell called from the small blind and then he led out for 15,000 on the flop of 
. Combes mucked his hand.
A short time later, the action folded to Daniel Neilson who open-shoved his last 55,000 into the middle. Andrew Teng asked for a count and when Neilson responded, Teng folded, as did Barry Drysdale from the big blind.
Yay poker!