JRB Quadruples Up!
"I have three-five. Would you call with that?"
"You called an 1,800 raise with three-five?" JRB asked.
"Do you want me to call?" his opponent inquired.
"Truthfully, no, because if I tell you I want you to call and you call, you'll hit."
At that moment, the player threw his chips across the betting line -- 12,775 of them to be exact -- and a swarm of cameras and spectators surrounded the table.
When it was time to flip over the cards, here's what was shown down:
Player 1:
Player 2:
Jean-Robert:
Player 4:
The board filled out in favor of Bellande, who said afterwards, "Dealer, you're an excellent dealer."
As he stacked up his new chips, Jean-Robert did what he does best -- he kept talking: "That's how we do it... I get the money in with ace-ten!"
As Bellande finished stacking his chips from the monster pot (~47,500), action folded around to him in the next hand and he said quite mirthfully, "I would like to raise..."