Peck Wins a Couple

Hand #1: A limped pot with a dead small blind resulted in three players seeing a flop of . Chet Sickle bet 500 in the big blind and Austin Peck called. The cutoff also called and the dealer brought the turn .

Sickle checked to Peck, who bet 1,500 and received a call from the cutoff. Sickle then folded, taking action heads up to the river . Peck fired out another 2,600 and the cutoff thought for roughly a full minute before looking up Peck.

Peck obliged, showing for the flopped nuts. His opponent flashed for trips on the river before mucking to earn Peck the pot.

"That's a pretty good flop for that hand!" responded the player on Peck's right.

Hand #2: On the very next hand, the player on the button open-limped and the small blin raised to 800. Peck three-bet to 2,200 and only the small blind called.

The flop was and the small blind checked. Peck continuation-bet for 1,500 and the small blind check-raised to 5,500. Peck thought for a few moments and then called.

The turn came . The small blind slowed down, checking to Peck again. Peck stoically sat for a few moments and then put a bet out of 3,300. The small blind decided he no longer wanted to continue in the hand and sent his cards to the muck and Peck took down his second pot in as many hands.