Imo he has never been broke! Last year he travelled through Europe for a couple of weeks. (Malta, Spain, France, England, Marocco)

He played each tournament: WPT, EPT, Partouche Poker Tour, WSOPE, ...

Who would be that dumb and paying for all these expenses.

Now someone gives him another 100k? His whole story is staged!

Nonetheless he seems to be a really nice guy

And this video is so funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxDMXs6OdqQ

omg i loled so hard

Gotta like him.He retweats the haters and is living the dream.Living in vegas,travelling the world.Carefree lifestyle with hot woman around him and friends who all have money.

How broke is he?I presume he is pretty ok in life . Is he actually broke but just finds it easy to get staked because of his name(fact he is famous/knows everyone). Or is he pretty loaded in his personal life and just gets staked to play poker and have fun

I'm pretty sure he own's some personal businesses around LV. I doubt he is hurting in his personal life at the moment. If he had no other source of income people would be more wary to bankroll him.

He is a promotional player employed by Aria...so he always has monthly income to live.

Lol good one

Why would you back him? He's only +EV in the WSOP ME.

Probably plays suboptimal without knowing it himself because he wants to make cool posts on Twitter, lol.

I actually think Bellande is good in his own way. He makes some wrong reads but I think the crew he rolls with they probably make and cause him to spend a lot of $$ (but who really cares). From what I gather with his agressive his bankroll management is that he is a bit crazy. he would of been a top dog if he played seriously back in 2005-2010 but even in 2012 I expect him to still be a winner in up to 10/20 live and online I just dont know his background but I am sure he could do well if done the right way. and thats just nl strictly.

besides that the dude just has a strong social presence. he would probably be in sales or something business related or sales if he wasn't into poker. he is friendly (but can certainly come off as a dick) but I still think kind of good for tv.

-from his twitter-
"Back in my suite working on a new resume after tonight's hit. Dropped 31k. Not good. br 49k"

two days, he's lost half his BR. It looks like 2012 is gonna be a short year.

definitely one of the three :-)

fwiw i doubt he has an edge in the games he plays, because otherwise he had a bankroll now. doesn't he play with the likes of Crazy Mike, Chau Giang, John Monnette, Daniel Alaei, etc. at the Aria 400-800 mix?!?

i am no expert, but..
http://twitter.com/#!/RealCrazyMike/...739648/photo/1

I would like to start a petition that we only post in nvg when he is not busto.

Hes gonna make a run for it.

Correction...he dropped 31K from his 70k, which means his BR is 39k not 49k.
Poor guy literally loses 10k in his sleep.

The funny thing is if he does ever start to run hot and make a bunch of money, he will still have to pay back at least 200k or more I'm sure to all his backers. His only chance is to bink a big mtt.

Too good to be true...Did I tell you you look very handsome today?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIo-2...ture=endscreen

i missed it, who staked him 100k?

He wants to stay anonymous for obvious reasons.

Confirmed busto. Great run, JRB!

He plays okay but the leak is sitting in high mix. If he just sat at juicy NL games and had 100k behind which is about what you need for 10/20+ he could rake it in.

Seems like a good idea.

Well yeah, who would want to be known for dumping 100k as a backer to a degen? He might as well have just given it to me, I could have kicked him in the ass and sent him on his way. Or backed Cloutier in a craps marathon. Same result either way.


LOL at "bike time Bobby" btw.

Prob joe cassidy backing him and from what I've seen 2-7 is his main game.

Was that big cash game on PAD where he shipped preflop with aq and Helmuth was steaming with him?
Amusing that the guy's surname is an anagram of "a bell end".

Doesnt matter what his main game is if he is an overall loser in it (which is hard not to be considering the players playing)

How about "Lendable"?