Stefanski and Sgambato Pile It In On Flop, Sgambato Gets Saved Again

CPPT Main Event (Day 2)

Level 24 (10,000/20,000/3,000)
Total Entrants: 282
Players Remaining: 8
Chip Average: 1,000,000

Frank Sgambato has avoided elimination twice today and now sits with the biggest stack at the Final Table after turning a straight against David Stefanski. 

Big pots are playing out every few hands at this Card Player Poker Tour Main Event Final Table and while this one didn't end with an elimination, it's certainly changed the dynamic as David Stefanski has now been cut down to below the chip average with Frank Sgambato now sitting with what looks to be the chip lead.

The action was picked up on a flop of [Qc][Jh][9d] with Stefanski checking to Sgambato, who would fire out a bet of 125,000.

Stefanski would then check-raise to 330,000, with Sgambato quickly pushing his remaining 660,000 chips across the line, putting himself all-in.

Before Sgambato could even get to the betting line Stefanski would announce "call" and table [9c][9s] for a perfectly disguised flopped bottom set.

Sgambato would grimace and table [Kc][Ks] and his over pair looked like it was about to be cracked as he needed to hit on the turn and river.

Sgambato would not only have two kings left in the deck to hit, but he'd also have a gut shot straight draw and that's the card he'd bink as the [10s] came on the turn.

Stefanski was now the one looking to hit as he would need the board to pair on the river to save himself from losing a massive percentage of his stack.

It wouldn't as the [4h] would brick out and Stefanski would be sending close to half of his stack to the left as Sgambato turned a winning straight after being way behind on the turn.

Sgambato has come back from dire all-in confrontations twice today, the first in which he cracked Jason Calnan's pocket aces at the start of the day and now suddenly sits with close to 1,400,000 making him the biggest stack at this Final Table.