Linas Balaisis All In for the Ante, Wins the Ante Back

Down to just 6,000 and in the big blind, Linas Balaisis is forced all in for the big-blind ante of 6,000. Since he is the only one who has anted, the best he can do on this hand is win back his ante.

Joseph Guarino raises under the gun to 14,000, and Cody Brinn calls from the small blind, creating a side pot of 28,000.

Both players check to the river on a board of , and all three players turn over their cards:

Cody Brinn:    (pair of deuces)
Joseph Guarino:    (ace high)
Linas Balaisis:    (pair of nines)

Balaisis wins the main pot (which is just the 6,000 ante) with a pair of nines to tread water with the same chip count he started the hand with. Brinn wins the much larger side pot with his pocket deuces.

Linas Balaisis  –  6,000  (1 bb)
Cody Brinn  –  450,000  (75 bb)
Joseph Guarino  –  330,000  (55 bb)