Maridu Breaks the KQo Spell

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Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck has been kind enough to educate her table on the powers of king-queen offsuit, the hand that never loses on PokerStars. And Mayrinck convinced her tablemates that it never loses in PokerStars live tournaments either. After several big pots at the table won by the magical KQo, Maridu somehow found herself on the wrong side of the all-in equation.

The button raised, and the small blind flatted. In the big blind, she looked down at the {a-Spades} . "I was all in," she said. "I didn't even look at the other card. I mean, I had 12k."

The button snap called, and after the small blind folded, he proudly turned over .... {k-} {q-} . With {a-Spades} {6-} , Maria was certain she was dead. The flop fell {k-} {10-} {3-} , and just as she expected, her opponent took the lead. But then the turn brought an ace. Still, she was sure the river would send her packing. But it too was an ace, and somehow, Mayrinck survived KQo -- in a Stars tournament, no less -- to double to 28,000.