The Huge Hand That Wasn't
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Vanessa Selbst opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, Toby Lewis called on the button, and Artem Litvinov defended from the big blind. The dealer fanned 
, Litvinov and Selbst both checked, and Lewis fired 33,000. Only Selbst called.
The turn was the 
, Selbst checked again, and Lewis tossed out another 85,000. Selbst tank-called.
The river was a fourth heart - the 
- and Selbst checked a third time. Lewis checked behind, revealing 
. Selbst showed 
for a flopped set.
"What an awful runout," Selbst lamented. "Good thing you had a real hand."
Selbst was alluding to the fact that if Lewis didn't have a hand as strong as queens, he may have bluffed the river. He did not, however, and Selbst wasn't put into a tough position.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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925,000
295,000
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295,000 |
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810,000
190,000
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190,000 |
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