Silent Assassin Bluffs Kabrhel w/ Double Check-Raise

Martin Kabrhel opened to 400,000 in the hijack with holding 10♥8♥ and Daniel Negreanu called in the cutoff with A♦J♦ as David Peters defended his big blind with A♠J♣.

Peters checked on the flop of 8♠J♠8♦ and Kabrhel continued for 200,000. Negreanu called and Peters check-raised to 750,000. Kabrhel responded by three-betting to 1,425,000. Negreanu got out of the way and Peters called. Both players then checked on the 3♠ turn.

The 9♣ river is where the real action began. Peters checked and Kabrhel engaged in a lengthy ritual of cutting out chips and eying up Peters, who sat still as a statue behind a pair of sunglasses. Kabrhel eventually pushed out a bet of 2,000,000.

Peters responded by check-jamming a stack of 6,900,000 to put Kabrhel at risk on the money bubble, leaving the Horseshoe completely silent for the first time today. Kabrhel took some time and folded his trips as Peters got the massive bluff through.

"Nice hand, David," Kabrhel said in a rare moment of humility.

"Never bluff David on the river," he later told Negreanu.