06-05-2009 19:40 UTC-12

Carman Cavella Eliminated in 2nd Place ($ 264,814)

MarcC

2nd Place

Cavella had been ground down to a short stack once more and needed to make a move to get back in it. He found a hand to go with and he had a willing customer in Aldridge with {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{Q-Diamonds}

. It was bad timing for though Cavella as he had {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

.

The flop gave some hope of a chop when it came {9-Spades}

{9-Spades}

{9-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

but the turn {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

and river

{J-Spades}

meant the

{Q-Diamonds}

played as a kicker and after a three hour heads up battle Cavella had succumbed to his opponent.