Contains adult themes: this story covers an adult (p*rn) performer. Nothing explicit is described. It is mostly about poker.
In brief: On Hustler Casino Live on Oct. 30, Nicolette Shea flopped a set of tens, shouted “yes!” and went to tell a staffer before the hand was over, PokerNews reports. The river was the one queen that could beat her, and the $60,100 pot went to the player called “AI Guy.”
In early October, Nicolette Shea told her followers to tune in for her “farewell poker game” on Hustler Casino Live. Poker farewells, it turns out, work a lot like p*rn retirements. She was back at the table on Friday night, Oct. 30, and the hand she played there is getting more attention than the farewell did.
According to PokerNews, which wrote up the hand on Oct. 31, Mariano Grandoli raised to $2,000 with ace-queen of diamonds. Shea moved all in for $19,500 from the button with a pair of tens. The player PokerNews identifies as “AI Guy” called from the small blind with two queens, and Grandoli called too.
The flop came 3-10-J. Shea had flopped a set, the best hand by a wide margin, and only one card in the deck could save AI Guy: the last queen.
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Yes!
This is where things went sideways. PokerNews reports that Shea shouted “yes!” and walked around the table to tell a staffer while the hand was still live. Commentator Bart Tuchman objected on the broadcast: “You can’t do that, you can’t do that. There’s side action.”
He had a point. Shea was all in, but the other two players were not. AI Guy bet $30,000 into the side pot and Grandoli folded his gutshot straight draw, according to PokerNews. They ran the board once for a pot of $60,100.
The turn was the seven of diamonds. The river was the queen of spades. Of all the cards left in the deck, that was the one that beat her.
Poker karma
Tuchman did not wait long to give his diagnosis. “Dare I say that was poker karma? Dare I say poker karma? I don’t know,” he said, as quoted by PokerNews.
PokerNews reports that Shea, down nearly $30,000 on the session, quietly left after the hand. AI Guy finished up about $40,000 and Grandoli about $60,000, according to the outlet. It also points out that celebrating too early has a long pedigree, citing Joe “Kid Poker” Bellande’s famous early celebration at the 2008 World Series of Poker.
Hustler Casino Live posted the clip on X with the caption “Premature celebration at its absolute finest,” followed by a crying-laughing emoji. Some sports have a word for celebrating before the finish line. In poker it costs you $19,500.
In fairness to Shea, she was a big favorite when she started celebrating. Any player who flops a set against an overpair would feel like shouting. Most of them just wait for the dealer to finish first.
PokerNews says she has appeared on the show “a number of times the past two months.” Given how the farewell went, nobody should assume this was her last appearance.
Sources: PokerNews, Oct. 31, 2026 (updated Nov. 2); Hustler Casino Live on X, Oct. 31, 2026.