You Don’t Have to Show

Karen Karamanov raised pre-flop to 400 and was called from the button by young Austrian pro Fedor Holz. The blinds folded and the two players saw to a flop of . Karamanov continued with a bet of 600 and was called again. A potential scare card, the was the next out of the deck and it encouraged Karamanov to announce a bet of “Eight hundred.” before throwing out a large denomination chip.

Holz called and while Karamanov was sorting out the change the dealer had passed him, the river was dealt . Seemingly paying little attention to the last card Karamanov cut out some freshly stacked small chips and bet 2,400. Holz nonchalantly called but he didn’t have to show as Karamanov mucked his cards.