Paying Paulsen
. There was about 18,000 in the pot already, and Kai Paulsen put out a bet of 13,000. His lone opponent, Guillaume de la Gorce, looked Paulsen up and down before flicking in the call.The river brought the
, and an all in from Paulsen. With his last 27,000 chips committed to the pot, he had to sit still for several long minutes while de la Gorce again gave him a hard stare. After breaking down his stack to see what the damage would be, de la Gorce finally made what looked like a reluctant call.Paulsen tabled
, and de la Gorce couldn't beat a full house. He returned his cards to the muck, his stack now significantly lighter. Paulsen was the beneficiary, doubling his way up to about 85,000.