Two Small Pots for Steele
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Kirk Steele completed his small blind and Lei Yu opted to check in the big blind. The flop came 
, Steele bet 2,000 and Yu called. They both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Steele to claim the pot with 
for the pair of queens.
A few hands later, Yu raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Steele defended his big blind. The flop came 
, Steele check-raised the 2,000 continuation-bet of Yu to 7,000. Yu took a few seconds and then opted to let this hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
279,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
86,000
7,000
|
7,000 |