Nik Airball won the biggest-ever pot in the $25/$50 Ante Game on Hustler Casino Live on Thursday night.
The four-way all-in was scooped by Airball for $388,500, with the biggest swings in the entire game normally around the $50K-$100K mark. There's no straddle allowed in the Ante game, with every player putting $25 in the pot and the button putting $50 in before the cards are dealt.
Jeff The Cash had $225K in front of him, the biggest stack on the table, when he raised to $400 with . Britney called with
, Adi called with
and Francisco called with
before Airball woke up with
.
Four-way all-in
Airball three-bet to $3,000, and Jeff, Britney and Adi all called before Francisco moved all-in for just under $18K.
Airball moved all-in for $175K and Jeff called immediately. Britney folded but Adi decided to make the call for his remaining $15K. That saw the pot rise to a huge $388,500.
Airball only had 19% equity, with Jeff the favorite to take the pot down.
Francisco flopped two pair as the dealer fanned out but more importantly, it put Airball ahead of Jeff for the huge side pot. The turn was the
, which gave Adi an open-ended straight draw. Airball was down to 3% equity now to scoop but the
gave him all of it.
You can watch the hand play out below.
Airball shoots up the all-time rankings
As well as being the biggest pot ever in the $25/$50 Ante Game, it left Airball as the single biggest winner in the game, too. It also left him as the third-biggest winner in all televised poker games, behind Andrew Robl and Tom Dwan but now ahead of Garrett Adelstein and Leon Tsoukernik, according to Highroll Poker.
Talking afterward, Airball said, “It feels good to be in for $100K and win $300K. I wasn’t even supposed to play today, so I was lucky to get a seat. To win $300K is insane.”
Airball has the chance to make up some ground on Dwan in second place when he plays on Hustler Casino Live again tonight on High Stakes Friday.