Event 1: 6th Place - Castro

$500 + $60 Deep Stack (NL)

Gene Castro - $27,967

Just back from break, Gene Castro (New York, NY) completes the small blind and goes to the flop with Weiwen Liang.

The flop: Q♥ 9♣ 5♥
Castro bets 500k, Liang calls.
The turn: 6♦

Castro bets 1.5 million, Liang reraises all in and Castro calls.

Castro: 9♠ 8♠ (pair of 9s)
Liang: 9♥ 6♣ (two pairs, 9s & 6s)

River: A♥

Castro misses his ten outs and finishes in 6th place.

"I knew exactly where I was in the hand," says Castro, who earns $27,967. "But how does he have a six there?"

Liang adds to his chip lead and has 13 million.