The Jean-Robert Show
There was some preflop action and on the flop of
, Bellande fired a bet of 2,000 after his opponent checked to him from the small blind. Bellande was on the button. His opponent raised to 5,000 and then Bellande made the call.The turn brought the
and Bellande's opponent checked again. Bellande fired 8,000 and then his opponent raised all in for 18,750 total. With the action back on him, Bellande tanked for a solid few minutes before looking around as if trying to find someone to talk to. He finally found Allie Prescott."Allie, Allie. Come here, I'm about to be all in, check this out." he said as Prescott stopped in his tracks and leaned up against the rail next to Bellande's table.
The dealer then turned to Bellande and said, "Sir, it's on you."
"What? I know it's on me. How can you ask that, it's been on me for a few minutes. That's so rude." responded Bellande.
Bellande then uttered, "I have to call, I think I have to call."
Another minute or so passed before the player in seat eight chimed in by asking if Bellande had to call, because of what he said. Another player in seat three then chimed in and asked for the clock. Bellande responded by saying how rude the two players were and even brought up a previous hand in which the players questioning the call didn't call the clock on another player when he had taken far longer than Bellande had been taking. Finally, the floor was summoned to the table.
It was ruled that from what Bellande said, he had to call. "I know, I'm going to call." said Bellande. "You're right." He then made the call.
Bellande's opponent immediately complimented Bellande on making the call and even stuck his hand out. "What do you mean nice call?" questioned Bellande.
The player tabled
for only ace high and Bellande tabled 
. The dealer then burned and dealt the river, the 
. It would not be a repeat of last year, when Bellande was eliminated in stunning fashion. Instead, he made a full house and moved to 70,000 chips.