David Peters and Martin Kabrhel have made headlines over the last few years, but almost none bigger than earlier than when Peters pulled off a bluff of epic proportions on the stone bubble of the World Series of Poker $250,000 Super High Roller.
The size of the tournament and the juncture of it sparked tons of debate on social media. Some believe it was a reckless play that will lose in the long term, while others believe it was a masterfully played hand.
Let’s quell that and hear exactly what Peters had to say about the hand.
Peters’ Insane River Check-Raise Bluff
With 11 players left in the tournament and 10 players finishing in the money, the feature table was playing six-handed. The blinds were 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 big blind ante.
With an 8.4 million-chip stack, Kabrhel raised to 400,000 from under the gun with 10
8. Daniel Negreanu called from the cutoff with A
J and a 6.725 million-chip stack, and Peters defended his big blind with A
J
with just shy of 9 million.
The flop came 88J. Kabrhel continued for 200,000, and Negreanu called. Peters raised to 750,000, and Kabrhel three-bet to 1,450,000. Negreanu folded, and Peters called.
The turn brought the 3 and both players checked.
The river was the 9 and Peters checked over to Kabrhel, who bet 2,000,000 into the 4,550,000-chip pot. After using two time extensions and nearly a third, Peters went all in for 6,575,000. Kabrhel folded.
You can watch the whole hand unfold in the video below:
Here’s the full-length bubble hand between @dpeterspoker17 and @martinkabrhell that took place on last night’s @WSOP $250,000 Super High Roller bubble.
Final table streaming today on https://t.co/2RQh5ROjQG—8P ET/5P PT. pic.twitter.com/Xst6C2RtQx
— PokerGO (@PokerGO) June 17, 2025
Analysis – From David Peters
Peters was asked on the PokerGO final table broadcast about that specific hand. Fortunately, in a bit of rare fashion, Peters broke down his complete thought process.
“After Martin bet and Daniel called (on the flop), I decided to check-raise to clear out some equity and still not give too much definition to my hand. Martin clicked it back to 1.4 million and I called. Pretty straightforward at this point.
“The turn was the three. I check. He thinks for a while and then checks.”
On the river, the Ohio native correctly deduced that top pair top kicker was no longer the best hand.
“The river was a brick. I check. He bet 2 million into about 4.5 (million). It kind of felt that he had a lot of 8x, a lot of K-8, A-8 type of hands. It didn’t seem like he was ready to stack off on the bubble. So I just went for it.”
Peters thought the cards in his hand made it incredibly difficult for Kabrhel to have a hand worth calling off his entire stack.
“I had good blockers to the nut flush draw (with the A) and I had some boat blockers (with the jack). So yeah, I just went for it, I didn’t feel that he was going to call it off and it got through. So yeah, it was a nice hand to take down at that point.”
Peters would eventually finish in seventh place for $826,348, one spot above Kabrhel.
Photo courtesy of PokerGO/Antonio Abrego
