Huge Pot for Paulsen
From early position, Ramon Cserei raised to 5,000. Action folded all the way around to Kai Paulsen in the big blind. He was the last to act preflop, but gave Cserei some action with a call.
The two players took a paired flop of . Paulsen checked and Cserei fired a continuation bet of 8,000. Paulsen then check-raised to 18,000, wanting to play for more. Cserei took only a brief few moments and then announced that he was all in. With a big sigh, Paulsen made the call. He was calling off his remaining stack of just under 100,000 so this pot was crucial to his tournament. It was also massive.
Paulsen tabled the for trip sixes. He had out-flopped the of Cserei. Cserei would need to find a jack on the turn or river or he'd be out a massive chunk of his stack.
The turn brought the and was no help to Cserei. The river completed the board with the and once again, no help for Cserei. He was knocked all the way down to just 30,000 chips after sending over the money. Paulsen now has over 200,000 chips and has catapulted himself to one of the top spots on the board.