The Bud Salhab Blues
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Bud Salhab had been complaining about not being featured in the coverage here today when he got into a big hand.
The fireworks started when Mike Shavensky checked a 
flop heads up with Salhab, and Salhab led for 3,000. Shavensky check-raised to 8,500 and after a minute in the tank, Salhab called.
The turn came the 
and Shavensky quickly bet 25,000, sliding out all his yellow 5,000-denomination chips. This time Salhab went deeper into the tank, only emerging when Shavensky called the clock on him two and a half minutes later. Salhab shoved for just a tiny bit more and Shavensky snap-called with the 
.
It turned out they had traded outs with Salhab on the thin drawing 
. The river was the 
and as Shavensky moved up across the 100,000-chip mark, Salhab was left with nothing to complain about but the size of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | |
|
15,000 |