Jean Robert Bellande
The latest tweets from @brokelivingjrb. Jean-Robert Bellande can’t seem to catch a break on Season 8 of High Stakes Poker. Two weeks ago we saw the man known by his @BrokeLivingJRB Twitter handle somehow lose all three runs of a nearly $1 million pot, despite having ace-king suited against Tom Dwan’s pocket queens and Lynne Ji’s queen-ten suited.
Jean Bellande accused of cheating by Dan Bilzerian & Bill Perkins by Manthra Koliyer Posted on 09 Oct, 2020. Yet again, a cheating saga has erupted in the high-stakes cash games community. The alleged culprit this time around is Jean-Robert Bellande, the American Poker pro who is also a nightclub owner and promoter.
Jean-Robert Bellande lives a charmed life – for the last several years he embraced his “BrokeLiving” lifestyle, documenting it all on his social media. He doesn’t apologize for anything, he’s had more than a few backers over the years and rode swings in nosebleed games that would make most players quit.
Bellande carved out a special spot in the poker world – part host, part player and with a propensity to gambe as big as his frame. Bellande had a seat for the first two weeks of Poker After Dark during “The Return of Tom Dwan” and “Voices Carry.”
Bellande opened up about some of the key hands that shaped his life recently; including a $3 million hand where everything he had was on the table – and lost.
Bellande played the “TRoTD” cash game, which played much bigger than the advertised $200/$400. “It was an enormous game,” he said. The super straddle reached $3,200 and “once you get there, it doesn’t matter how much you have in there, you only have a few big blinds. It was something else, I thought it was great fun. I’m always happy to be a part of it.”
The action was big enough for Bellande to go “unbroke” and cleared his makeup with his backer. “I’m very happy to be out of makeup – I actually got a bonus from my backer,” he said. Bellande had a few small figures to take care of and said he was even.
His split role between player and host has him at the eye of the storm most days at the ARIA. “I facilitate a lot of the big games. I put them together and people come and play,” he said. “We have a blast – sure with supply and demand…there’s always going to be games where you can win or lose one or $200,000 – up to $500,000. Everyday could be a life-changing day.”
Bellande discussed his maturation as a gambler and one of turning points of his career was learning from his mistakes while he was losing. “Right now, if I go and match up with the guys that are better than me in poker, I’m not going to be a winning player,” he said. “I’m constantly working on my game to get better and the better I get at poker the more I understand there’s so much more to go – I got a lot of learning to do. I love playing cards – I love it.”
Bellande spent time gambling with Tom Dwan and lining up players for the game.
Bellande was candid about his swings – last year he was playing on his bankroll. “I lasted about six months, things went really nasty right after I got married and I basically lost my whole bankroll,” he said. “I got to the point where I owed.”
“That’s when I had to organize something with the backer I have now,” Bellande said. “I was going through a time where I had bunch of money, just got married things were looking up and up and the Poker Gods would have it where things didn’t go as smoothly as planned.”
“I lost a lot of money in very good, soft games, not necessarily because I was playing bad,” he said. “I played one pot where it was $1.4 or $1.6 million each where I had two aces up against two kings. I’m begging the guy to run it twice, he says no and there comes a king. Boom, that’s the end of my bankroll.”
“That was extremely unlucky and one of the biggest pots of my life,” he said. “I’ve played three $3.2 million pots in my life, that was one of them – I lost all three of them by the way,” he said.
“That was the hand that finished me off. After that I was out of action until I got staked,” he said. “These things happen. You can be right and study all the charts and do things correctly and you can run really awful for a certain amount of time.”
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Table Of Contents
Wednesday's latest 'High Stakes Poker' episode on PokerGO was a continuation of the last week’s game, which was played $200/$400/$800 w/ an $800 ante from the third blind.
The episode started with six players in their seats while Tom Dwan was sitting out. Here’s how things stack up at the top of the broadcast:
| Player | Stack |
|---|---|
| Rick Salomon | $606,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | $489,100 |
| John Andress | $298,000 |
| Sean Perry | $271,600 |
| Damien Leforbes | $157,800 |
| Michael Schwimer | $75,700 |
Leforbes vs. Schwimer – No Apologies for Running Good
In the first hand of the new episode, Damien Leforbes raised to $2,500 from middle position with the and the ever-aggressive Michael Schwimer three-bet to $9,000 from the cutoff holding the . Action folded back to Leforbes and he called to see the flop, which gave Schwimer trip eights.
Leforbes check-called a bet of $6,000 and then check-called one of $15,000 on the turn. The river was gin for Leforbes, who checked his full house. Schwimer bet $24,000, which left him just $21,000 behind, and Leforbes check-raised all in.
“Did you get lucky as shit on me?” a seemingly-frustrated Schwimer asked before calling off and discovering the bad news.
“I will not apologize for running good,” said Leforbes as he pulled in the $153,400 pot.
Dwan vs. Schwimer – “I’m in Pretty Good Shape”
After reloading to $100,000, Schwimer raised to $3,000 from the hijack and Dwan, who had returned to the game, three-bet to $13,000 from the small blind. Schwimer called, the flop fell . Dwan continued for $14,000 and Schwimer, who flopped top two pair, just called to see the turn.
Dwan made top pair but still checked, and Schwimer followed suit. On the river, Dwan bet $25,000 and Schwimer leaned back in his chair while letting out a big sigh before saying, “All in.”
It was $73,000 total and Dwan hit the tank.
“Didn’t snap-call, I’m in pretty good shape,” Schwimer claimed. Dwan thought long and hard before paying it off, and just like that Schwimer doubled back by claiming the $200,800 pot.
Sean Perry vs. Jean-Robert Bellande – JRB Puts Himself in Hot Water
Dwan opened for $2,500 with the and Sean Perry looked down at the next to act. He three-bet to $8,000 and then Jean-Robert Bellande, who had lost a six-figure pot to Dwan the hand prior, four-bet to $30,000 out of the small blind with the .
Dwan folded and Perry, the son of poker pro Ralph Perry, paused for a few beats before five-betting to $70,000. Bellande asked how much his opponent had behind, which was $246,000, and Bellande opted to call.
He flopped top pair on the flop and checked it over to Perry, who bet $40,000 into the pot of $144,100. Bellande called and then check-called a bet of $70,000 when the turn gave him an open-ended straight draw.
After the paired the board on the river, Bellande checked for the third time and Perry moved all in for his last $136,000. Bellande asked for a count and realized he had the bigger stack, albeit by a slim margin of $18,000. Eventually, Bellande called only to see his opponent table the goods.
With that, Perry doubled in a juicy pot worth $637,700.
Bryn Kenney vs. Sean Perry – Nine High, Not Like a Boss
After Rick Salomon left the game, a new player joined the game in Bryn Kenney, who bought in with a massive stack. Here’s how this stacked up at that point in time:
| Player | Stack |
|---|---|
| Bryn Kenney | $836,900 |
| Sean Perry | $635,300 |
| Tom Dwan | $429,800 |
| Michael Schwimmer | $367,000 |
| John Andress | $223,800 |
| Damien Leforbes | $209,900 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | $151,000 |
In his first hand of this episode, Kenney raised to $4,000 from the cutoff with the and Perry called from the big blind with the . The flop gave Perry trip eights and he check-called a bet of $10,000.
Perry checked again on the turn, which gave him a full house, and Kenney continued to bluff by firing out $23,000. Perry just called and then checked yet again on the river. Kenney took the bait and triple-barreled it with a bet of $64,000, but had to fold when Perry finally woke up with the check-raise to $219,000. Kenney took an early hit while Perry collected another big pot, this one worth $359,8000.
Michael Schwimmer vs. Bryn Kenney – One Will Quit the Game
In the penultimate hand of the episode, John Andress had the $1,600 straddle on and both Dwan and Bellande called, the former under the gun and the latter on the button. Schwimer then raised to $4,000 with the in the small blind and Kenney called from the big with the . All the aforementioned players called and it was five-way action to the flop.
Schwimer continued for $15,000 with top pair and Kenney raised to $52,000 with his set. Andress folded, Dwan gave up his flush draw, and Bellande got out of the way. Schwimer called and the turn gave him a wheel draw, which he checked.
Kenney bet $71,000, Schwimer called, and the completed the board on the river. Schwimer improved to two pair but checked to Kenney, who bet $165,000. Schwimer snap-called off his stack and then let loose some expletives upon seeing Kenney had the best hand to win the $597,200 pot.
“Alright, that was fun boys,” Schwimer told the table before giving up his seat in the game.
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