Pocket Queens Let Pocket Queens Down

Monika Kostanjevec

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nan Min, a member of Pocket Queens, a poker community for women, had a little over 20,000 chips to start the hand. As she tells the story, she looked at her cards in early position to find the perfect hand - pocket queens.

She raised and got four callers, including Benjamin Hu directly to her left.

The flop came 7?Q?7?. When it checked to her, Min checked, as she says, to trap, because the hand was too good. All other players also checked.

On the 2? turn, Min checked again, this time Hu bet. After everyone else folded, Min went all in and got snap called.

Nan Min: Q?Q? All in
Benjamin Hu: 7?7?

Min had queens full of sevens but was drawing very thin, down to a single queen. She commented that, since she is one of the Pocket Queens herself, she thought there was a decent chance she would catch the case card to save her tournament lif. But the queens ultimately let her down, as the 4? rolled off on the river and she was sent to the rail.