Quick Start With Two Sent To The Rail Already, Calnan Crippled

CPPT Main Event (Day 2)

Level 23 (8,000/16,000/2,000)
Total Entrants: 282
Players Remaining: 12
Chip Average: 670,000

Stanley Lee (West Hartford, CT)

If you thought the start of this Card Player Main Event final day was going to start slowly or follow the pace of yesterday's money bubble, you were dead wrong as there have already been two eliminations and one player who came in with a big stack but is now crippled as these final two tables have come out firing.

On one of the first hands of the day, Stanley Lee was being sent to the rail after opening in early position with David Grandieiri calling in late position.

Lee would then check-raise shove a flop of [7d][6s][4d] and Grandieri would call, tabling [6h][Ah] with Lee looking for another diamond as he held [Ad][9d].

The board would run out with the [7c] and [6c] ending Lee's CPPT Main Event Day 3 after just a few minutes.

Almost immediately following Lee's exit, Dan Chalifour was being sent to the rail as well, with the short stack moving all-in from the button with [Qc][8c] and Dave Stefanski calling with [Kd][9d] in the blinds.

Frank Sgambato (North Providence, RI)

Stefanski would turn a pair to eliminate Chalifour, as he and Lee would both make just over $5,500.

The action wouldn't stop there though, as Jason Calnan would open from middle position to 36,000.

Grandieri would then flat call on the button and short stacked Frank Sgambato would move all-in from the small blind for 193,000.

Calnan would immediately announce himself all-in and Grandieri would quickly get out of the way as Sgambato's attempted "squeeze" play would look to be his last as he tabled [Qd][Jc] and Calnan turned over [Ac][As].

Sgambato basically had one foot out the door until the [Qc][Qs][Kd] flop that gave him renewed tournament life and sent Calnan into a daze as he couldn't believe is lack of luck.

Calnan would be crippled to just under 100,00 chips while Sgambato is now up to close to 450,000.