$1,100 Platinum Stack No-Limit Hold’em
Prize Pool: $678,030 | Structure | Payouts
Level 31: 250,000/500,000 with a 500,000 ante
Players Remaining: 4 of 699
David Lee raised from the button to 1,000,000, and James Salmon called from the big blind.
The flop came 
, Salmon bet 850,000, Lee moved all in, and Salmon quickly called all in for about 5,500,000 with 
for a pair of nines.
But Lee turned over 
, and Salmon needed to improve to stay alive.
The turn card was the 
, the river card was the 
, and the pocket tens held up for Lee to win the pot and eliminate Salmon in fifth place.
David Lee – 31,750,000 (64 bb)
James Salmon – Eliminated in 5th Place ($30,000)
With four players remaining from a field of 699, the average chip stack is around 17,475,000 (35 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $39,500 each.
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