Can Elizabeth Chen Escape Her Pair Of Queens?

Relatively newcomer Elizabeth Chen was on the wrong side of premium over premium during day one of Triton’s Super High Roller Invitational cash game series in Montenegro. Will she be able to escape Wang’s all-in? The action was live-streamed on the 4th of August 2024 on Tritons YouTube & Twitch channels. The blinds were $1,000/2,000/2,000.

Joining the action was a minimum of $4,000 after Elton Tsang ($1.3M) 93 straddled to $4,000 from UTG. Chen ($394k) in the highjack got the pot pumping after raising to $11,000 with QQ. Hustler Casino Live regular Handz ($278k) chucked out a 3-bet of $30,000 with AJ. Eagerly Waiting in the big blind was Wang (584k) who had been dealt a monster, Pocket Kings! KK.

With $50k already in the middle, Wang upped the ante to $81,000. After Chen called, Handz was priced in. Three players went to the flop with a quarter of a million in play!

Can Elizabeth Chen Escape After all Low cards?

Well if Chen was going to find a fold, it was unlikely to be on this flop 366 there was not a scare card insight. First to act Wang bet out cleverly with a small bet of $63k, giving the size of the pot and his opponent’s stack sizes, any call, in theory, would guarantee the rest of their stack on further streets.

Although she had a monster on this type of flop, Chen had to respect the action pre-flop, she could well be up against Aces or Kings. By just calling, she also allows potential bluffs to fire turns too. Having missed, Handz found the easy fold. Headsup to the turn with $376k in the middle.

The 7 was no heavenly card, it essentially was the nail in the coffin for Chen, had it been a King or an Ace you would have to feel a fold would be possible. Taking Pot to stack ratio into account, Wang shipped his stack “All in”. Chen was arguably rocked, just how likely was her opponent to be bluffing? Pocket jacks or Tens could be possible, but given the nature of the play, the higher pocket pairs would be more likely.

After considerable thought Chen made the crying call, both players agreed to run the remaining card twice. Her fate was sealed after the 5 was followed by the 8. Wang’s Kings held up allowing him to scoop the monstrous $898k pot.