Slow Start for Bellande

Roman Ginzburg raised from the cutoff, and Jean-Robert Bellande called from the big blind. The flop came {8-Diamonds}

. Bellande checked, Ginzburg bet, Bellande check-raised, and Ginzburg called. The turn was the {K-Hearts}

. Bellande again checked, Ginzburg bet, and this time Bellande just called.

The river was the {2-Diamonds}

. This time Bellande check-folded to Ginzburg's bet. After suffering a couple of hits early on, Bellande is now down to 25,500.

2009 World Series of Poker