The Huge Hand That Wasn't

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.