Bellande Drops a Late Hand

From early position, Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 800. Action folded all the way around to the big blind and he made the call. The flop came down {7-Spades}

. The big blind led right away with a bet of 1,225. Bellande called.

The {10-Clubs}

hit the turn and the big blind fired 2,200. Bellande called again.

The river was the {J-Hearts}

and the big blind fired 3,200. Bellande acted as if he was going to raise by stacking out the 3,200 and then about 10,000 more. He studied his opponent while doing this, but in the end elected to just make the call. The big blind tabled {8-Spades}