Kaukua Falls to Amsellem, Kirichenko Takes the Lead

Paul Amsellem opened to 25,000 from the hijack and Toni Kaukua moved all in for roughly 160,000 from the hijack. Amsellem called to put Kaukua at risk.

Toni Kaukua: A♥10♥
Paul Amsellem: Q♦Q♥

The board ran out 6♥5♣4♦3♥J♠. Amsellem's pocket-queens held up and he scored nearly a full double up while sending Kaukua to the rail.

Also seated at this table is Aleksandr Kirichenko, who recently took a massive lead over the rest of the field. According to the other players at his table, Kirichenko was involved in a colossal preflop raising war with another opponent that lead to both players being all in preflop for a pot worth roughly 1,500,000. Kirichenko held pocket-aces against his opponent's pocket-kings and remained ahead to capture the biggest pot of the tournament so far.