Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Can Melanie Weisner call a $21,000 bluff?

Last night the top female pro faced a huge river bet while holding Pocket Queens on a dangerous board, can our hero make the call?





This week on the ever improving new Poker After Dark offering on PokerGo we have 'Femme Fatal week', which sees some of the best female players in the game play $100/$200.

In a huge hand Kathy Liebert fires three barrels, ending with a $21,000 river bet, towards Melanie Weisner who holds Pocket Queens on a King High board with straight possibilities. 

What is fun about this hand is that Weisner goes into the tank and actually talks out her thought processes before making her decision:

What did you think of the hand? Let us know in the comments:


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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.