Chip and a Chair for Rishab Malik

In a battle of the blinds, two premium holdings get their chips into the middle between Syvain Chhang and Rishab Malik with the latter at risk on near identical stack sizes.

Syvain Chhang:
Rishab Malik:

Malik gains some equity on the flop but the turn and river keep Chhang in contention. He doubles for 76,000 and that leaves Malik with two big blinds.

Syvain Chhang – 157,000
Rishab Malik – 11,000