$400 Deep Stack No-Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Prizepool:  $1,867,140  |  Structure  |  Payouts
Level 35:  200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 ante
Players Remaining:  11 of 5,658

Al Norman raised from the button to 900,000, and Diane Lepera called from the big blind.

The flop came , Lepera checked, Norman bet 1,000,000, and Lepera check-raised to 3,000,000. Norman called.

The turn card was the , and Lepera moved all in for 8,400,000. Norman waited for an exact count, and counted out enough for a call to assess his own stack. Norman thought a bit more before he called with , asking if Lepera had a four.

Lepera said she’d need some help as she turned over , and indeed she’d need an eight on the river to stay alive.

The river card was the , and Norman won the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate Lepera in 12th place in the biggest pot of the tournament, worth 25.2 million.

Al Norman  –  29,100,000  (73 bb)
Diane Lepera  –  Eliminated in 12th Place  ($18,200)

With 11 players remaining from a field of 5,658, the average chip stack is around 10,275,000 (26 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $18,200 each, and the next pay jump is $22,700 for 10th place.