Things Getting Tighter
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Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The chips are suddenly even after Zo Karim first folded to a five bet from Tam Minh Nguyen and then doubled up Steve Goose when Goose's 
would hit a straight on a 
board to best Karim's 
.
Goose would jump out of his chair, yell "YES!" and then point out the five cards that made his winning hand by saying "seven, eight, nine, ten, jack". He would later apologize to Karim, who sat there taking it all in. "It's all good," said Karim. "Do what you have to do."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000 | -786,000 |
|
|
980,000 | 507,000 |
|
850,000 | 270,000 |
and was looked up by Tam Minh Nguyen who held 
. Annis would be eliminated in 4th place when the board ran out 
to best Karim's 
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.
.
. 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.
was outdrawn by Steve Goose and his 
. It was bad timing on his part as Zo Karim had 
.
