Heads-up hustlers? (semi-LC)

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So I sat down to play a heads-up SnG at UltimateBet a few minutes ago, and I was paired with an opponent who didn't seem to know anything about heads-up play.

He never raised his button, he folded way too much, and he'd check check check check every time he missed the flop. I picked up every pot in which he didn't hit the board.

When I beat him before the 25/50 blind level, the little dialog asked if he wanted a rematch, and he instantly accepted. "Sweet," I thought, "another easy $30."

After the second hand I knew I'd been "hustled". All of the sudden, the guy was raising every button. Reraising all of the loose raises that I'd come to make. Picking up every pot in which I didn't hit the flop... by putting in a strategic and huge 3-bet.

He had me so off-balance that he took the second match pretty easily by picking up all of the aggressive chip-spewing moves that I'd come to make against him, and I didn't adjust properly until I had very few chips.

He won the third match after I donked off most of my chips when his two-card straight beat my top and middle pair, and I couldn't recover.

Despite the first match, though, he was a very good heads-up player.

Do you think this 'hustling' strategy is common? Have you ever seen it before?