Salazar Sliding Back Up
Level 26
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
After being down as low as 16 big blinds, Eric Salazar won a couple of hands in a row by shoving preflop and going uncalled.
The next hand Salazar defended his big blind after Ryan Eriquezzo raised to 180,000. The flop came 
. Eriquezzo continued for a bet of 165,000 and Salazar called. The turn was the 
, both players checked.
The river was the 
. Salazar led out with a bet of of 580,000 which caused Eriquezzo to fold and Salazar moved his stack back up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,600,000 | 300,000 |
|
2,100,000 | -300,000 |
on the turn.
on the river. Eriquezzo reached back for a large bet of 665,000 and Salazar went into the tank again. After playing with his calling chips for a couple of minutes, Salazar dropped in a call. 
for an eight-high straight and Salazar was forced to send his cards to the muck. With that pot, Eriquezzo has opened up the largest lead of this heads-up battle thus far.
action went check-check. 
peeled off and Salazar folded after a few moments to give the chip lead back to Eriquezzo after Salazar had gained it for a few hands with some small pots.
. Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn.
pair the board on the river. Hawkins knuckled the table and Eriquezzo moved all in. Hawkins had just 505,000 chips remaining and wasted little time to call it off. Eriquezzo tabled 
and Hawkins showed 
.
and the action checked around to the 
on the turn.
against the 
of Eriquezzo. He barely had Eriquezzo covered but not by much. The board would run out 
and Eriquezzo survived, while Turner was left with one big blind. 
, the turn the 
and the river was the 
. Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn.
on the river. Eriquezzo slid out another bet of 350,000 this time and Salazar dipped into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Salazar eventually made the call. Eriquezzo showed 
to extend his lead.