$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 20: 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 Ante
Players Remaining: 81 of 1,804
Average Stack: 223,000 (22 big blinds)

You occasionally need to get lucky to win a poker tournament and Zo Karim might have used up a lot of his run good in one big shot. He was all-in for 303,000 with but ran right into Paul Balzano’s .

Karim was in danger of cashing out small but his window opened on the flop. He missed the turn but completed his straight on the river for the huge pot.

Zo Karim – 655,000 (66 bb)
Paul Balzano – 240,000 (24 bb)