Event 1: Johnathan Norris – 5th Place ($61,000)

$400 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 34:  200,000/300,000 with a 300,000 ante
Players Remaining:  4 of 4,184

Johnathan Norris
Johnathan Norris

Steve Karp raised from the cutoff to 600,000, Johnathan Norris called from the small blind, and Amin Akhlaghi called from the big blind.

The flop came Qd8d5s, and it checked to Karp, who bet 800,000. Norris thought for a while before he check-raised all in for 6,000,000, and Akhlaghi quickly folded.

Karp thought for a bit before he called with Qc9d for a pair of queens. Norris turned over 9s8h for a pair of eights, and he needed to catch an eight or a runner-runner straight to stay alive.

The turn card was the 2h, the river card was the 10s, and Karp won the pot with his pair of queens to eliminate Norris in fifth place.

Steve Karp  –  30,000,000  (100 bb)
Johnathan Norris  –  Eliminated in 5th Place  ($61,000)

With four players remaining from a field of 4,184, the average chip stack is about 20,925,000 (70 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $78,700 each.