Battles of the Blinds

Kane Kalas limped in from the small blind and Christopher Frank checked his option from the big blind. The flop was 9♠8♦8♣ and both players checked. They checked once again on the Q♦ turn to see K♠ on the river. Kalas tossed out 5,000 and turned over K♥Q♠J♠5♠ when Frank called. Frank quickly tossed the losing hand in the muck.

Mathyeu Provist limped in on the next table over and PJ Cha checked his big blind option. Both players checked the 8♦2♥6♥ flop to see 3♣ on the turn. Provost check-called a bet of 6,000 from Cha and the river was 4♦. Both players checked again on the river and Provost tabled 7♠7♥5♠3♦ to take the pot with a straight. Cha flashed A♦4♥ for a wheel and tossed the losing hand in the muck.