JRB is one of the "notable" chipleaders in Event #8: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em with 89,000 in chips after Day 1 (darn it I asked him to tell us when he was entering so I could put him on my fantasy team
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Jean-Robert Bellande (89,200), Phil Hellmuth (84,700), Danny Wong (77,600) and Amnon Filippi (55,800) lead the respected notables remaining, but it is Josh Schlein leading the remaining 277 players with 127,300 in chips.
360 left, Pays 243, 1st Place $568K
Hand w/Hellmuth
Jean-Robert Bellande opened to 3,000 from middle position and Phil Hellmuth made the call.
On a flop of 9dQh9c Bellande fired out 5,000 and Hellmuth quickly made the call to see the 7c land on the turn and a check follow from Bellande.
"How much you have left?" asked Hellmuth.
Bellande sat there looking blankly at the board before parting his hands so that Hellmuth could view in full sight his chip stack.
"What's the total?" Hellmuth asked the dealer as the dealer cut down Bellande's stack to total 25,400.
"Small bets mean nothing" stated Hellmuth as he tossed in a 3,800-chip bet which Bellande called before both players checked the 2d on the river.
Bellande tabled his 8s8c and Hellmuth asked, "what he have?"
Hellmuth nodded his head and flashed his 4h4s before folding to slip to 54,000 as Bellande began to rake in the pot to climb back to 48,000.
"Your small bets mean nothing Phil" Bellande added.
"All those guys that watch poker VT are wasting their time. If they want to play perfect poker they should just put a camera behind me. I couldn't of played that hand any better," Bellande finished off much to the amusement of the rail and fellow table combatants.
Last edited by WEC; 06-03-2010 at 05:30 AM.