Massive Pot for Ritzie
What happens when three people get dealt ace-deuce? The pot becomes a mess to split. Perry Green opened pre-flop for 30,000 and was called by Sergei Altbregin and Joe Ritzie from the big blind. Ritzie acted first on a flop of and bet the pot. Both of his opponents called.
The turn came , with Ritzie moving all in for 127,000. Again both of his opponents called. They were playing on the side when the river came. Green checked to Altbregin. He then moved all in, with Green calling all in himself!
The side pot between Altbregin and Green went three-quarters to Green with his making the nut low and two pair, jacks and sixes. Altbregin's , the nut low and two pair, jacks and fives, was quartered. As for the main pot, Ritzie opened his own ace-deuce, . He made the nut low and the nut full house to get all of the high half, and a third of the low half, with Green and Altbregin taking a third each.
After the hand Ritzie was up to 535,000, Green was up to 815,000, and Altbregin -- the big loser in the hand -- was down to 280,000.