Online Poker Tournament Rankings

Today I played in the Aruba Satellite coming a respectable 10th out of the 33 runners losing a race with QQ on the dirty river to AK lol, with him having me covered just. The standard beat but what happened next left me questioning some logic. Today 1st place paid a seat to the Aruba classic worth $5500 and $3000 cash and 2nd place paid $4000 cash with 3rd and 4th also being paid. I was watching after I got knocked out and stumbled across a hand heads up where lhpos flopped a wheel straight and then