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We just got to the tournament and missed the elimination hand but Harrison Bykes has been knocked out in 7th place and we are now down to 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted |
Robert Parker raised to 30,000 from under the gun and both Stan Annis and Dan Heimiller called out of the blinds. The flop came 
and Annis moved all in for 106,000. Heimiller folded and now the decision was on Parker.
"You get the Ace?" he asked Annis.
Nothing came from Annis. He stared straight ahead, silent.
After about a minute, Parker decided to make the call with 
[Ks. Annis had indeed hit the Ace with his 
. The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Annis doubled up to 310,000 while Parker takes a dip down to 215,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
215,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
Level: 20
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
With the board showing 
Robert Parker moved all in with 
and was snap-called by Zo Karim who had turned the straight with 
. Parker could still chop with a river King but it was not to be and he was eliminated in 6th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
Busted |
After losing a good chunk of his stack when his 
was outdrawn by Steve Goose and his 
, Heimiller would get the last of his chips in with 
. It was bad timing on his part as Zo Karim had 
.
The board ran out 
and Heimiller was eliminated in 5th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
365,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Tam Minh Nguyen got the last of his 121,000 chips in with 
and was racing against Zo Karim's 
. The board would run out 
to put a straight on the board but Nguyen's Jack would give him a better straight and the double up. Karim is still way ahead of the other three in chips as we play four handed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
310,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
With 240,000 in the pot already and the board showing 
, Tam Minh Nguyen bet 80,000. Steve Goose thought for about 30 seconds and made the call with 
{Td] for a rivered two pair, Queens and Jacks. That was good enough to take the pot as Nguyen was bluffing with .
Goose wanted to give a shout out to his wife Taryn and daughter Peyton after winning the pot!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
525,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
95,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
Tam Minh Nguyen has doubled up twice, both times courtesy of Zo Karim. The first time was when Nguyen would hit a set with 
to best Karim's . The second hand saw Nguyen come from behind when his would go up against Karim's but would hit a flush on the 
board to move from almost out to second in chips with 425,000. Karim is still sitting comfortably in the lead with 2.05 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
425,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Players are on a quick ten minute break. Here are the current chip counts:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,036,000
-14,000
|
-14,000 |
|
|
473,000
-52,000
|
-52,000 |
|
|
418,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
155,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
