QQ vs. QQ vs. KJ, Caruso Flops Them Dead To Triple

CPPT Main Event (Day 2)

Level 25 (12,000/24,000/4,000)
Total Entrants: 282
Players Remaining: 7
Chip Average: 1,200,000

PJ Caruso (Georgetown, MA)

One of the weirder hands you'll see not just at a Final Table, but at any poker table, just occurred with Sharman Olshan and David Grandieri both having the same exact holdings and PJ Caruso covered with Olshan and Caruso all-in pre-flop with Caruso surviving the all-in to triple up.

The action was picked up with Caruso opening to 90,000, committing close to 30% of his stack, in early position.

Olshan was to his direct left and would three-bet to 200,000.

The table then folded to Grandieri who would announced himself "all-in" on the button, having both players well covered.

Caruso sat on his hand for a while, standing up from the table and wondering if he could get away from the hand after opening for a decent portion of his stack.

He couldn't as he'd call to put himself at risk with Olshan following in behind him, also putting herself at risk.

The hands were then tabled and Grandieri and Olshan each had variants of pocket queens, with Caruso treading water needing to catch to stay alive holding [Kc][Jd].

He'd lock up a triple up as the flop came down [4d][Ks][3c] and Grandieri and Olshan would be drawing dead and be chopping up the side pot, more or less getting their original stacks back minus the 280,000 total of Caruso's starting stack.

After the hand Caruso would be sitting at just under 1,000,000, a massive swing that has again changed the dynamic of this table as Olshan is now sitting with just over 250,000 and is the shortest player at this table with 10 big blinds.

Players are also just a few minutes from Level 26, meaning that those "short" stacks are only going to get shorter as the big blind will not "cost" players 30,000 chips.