With a cutoff raise to 4,500 before him, Jean Robert-Bellande pushed his last 35,400 into the middle out of the small blind and the original raiser made the call.
"One time for the kid . . . it can happen," stated Bellande as the camera crew occupied the surround space.
"One time for the kid please!" screamed Bellande when the {5-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} dropped.
The turn changed little when it dropped the {9-Hearts}, but when the river fell the {3-Diamonds} Bellande found his double to over 70,000 with a diamond-flush.
"Did this really happen to me?"
"I'm Jean Robert . . . you didn't get the memo, dealer?"
"So this is what it's like . . . you know what . . . sucking out is a good thing . . . you just get it in with the worse and suck out."
As Bellande continued to rave on while the camera rolled, he finished with one last statement, "That might be all I needed!"
Sam Farha
Andre Akkari
Ville Wahlbeck
Jennifer Harman
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Matt 'HossTBF' Hawrilenko
Steve Brecher
Eric Lynch
Erik Seidel
Bill Gazes
Bryan "the degen" Micon
Roland de Wolfe
Ludovic Lacay opened the action by raising to 4,000 and he got three calls, including the button and the big blind.
Action checked to the button on a flop of {K-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Spades} and he bet 13,000. The big blind folded, Lacay check-raised to 26,000 and the fourth player folded. The button made the call, leaving himself just 800 behind.
Both players checked the {8-Diamonds} on the turn and Lacay bet 1,000 when the {Q-Spades} landed on the river. His opponent mucked and Lacay scooped up the pot.
On a flop of {10-Spades} {8-Clubs} {5-Spades}, the big blind led out for 25,000, and with the ESPN cameras swarming Jean-Robert Bellande, he confidnetly announced a raise. Bellande made it 65,000 to go and his opponent immediately moved all in. Bellande made the call.
The big blind turned up {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} while Bellande was on a draw with {A-Spades} {K-Spades}. The turn was the {3-Hearts}, the river was the {4-Clubs} and Bellande was eliminated, giving a wave to the camera lens as he departed.
After Richard Fohrenbach moved all in for 25,800 from under the gun, the action folded around to Phil Ivey who re-raised on the button. The blinds folded and the cards were tabled.