06-04-2009 20:19 UTC-12

Mike Ciotola Eliminated in 3rd Place ($273,385)

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Mike Ciotola

Just one hand after Mark Salinaro made his exit, Mike Ciotola got his stack in the middle against Travis Johnson.

Ciotola raised to 325,000 from the small blind and Johnson shoved from the big blind. Ciotola called and the hands were opened.

Ciotola - {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

Johnson -

{A-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

A flop of

{3-Spades}

{3-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

kept Johnson in the lead and the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

on the turn put the hand away. When the {6-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

fell on the river, Ciotola walked away in third spot with $273,385 and we went to heads-up play.