A player in middle position bets 2,000 -- just 2 times the big blind -- and Lee Markholt on the button stares at the blinds. He calls, and the big blind puts in his extra 1,000 chip. The three players check the flop and turn. On the river, it's checked to the middle-position player who bets another 2,000. Markholt and the other player fold. Markholt is down to 27,000.