Habernig Plays Puppeteer

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You can't see the strings, but they're there.

Matthias Habernig skillfully orchestrated a blind-on-blind double up without his neighbor realizing he was playing along perfectly.

Flop: {8-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {6-Spades} - Habernig bet 12,200, and the big blind called.

Turn: {k-Diamonds} - Matthias projected unhappiness at his opponent's flop call and checked. The big blind bet 15,000, and Habernig made a hesitant call.

River: {7-Spades} - Habernig quickly checked, and his opponent carefully counted out a bet, but at the last minute, he grabbed a 20k stack with his other hand and moved enough chips across the line to put Habernig all in. He couldn't possibly have called any faster. And the big blind could only show {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs} . Habernig's {k-Hearts} {10-Spades} was plenty good enough to beat four-high, and he doubled up to 156,000, leaving his opponent with just 35,000.