Big Blind Special For Bellande
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Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Arsenii Karmatakii opened to 35,000 on the cutoff and Jean-Robert Bellande peeled from the big blind. The flop came 
and Bellande checked to Karmatakii, who checked it back.
On to the 
turn and Bellande led into the pot, which got a call from Karmatakii. The river was an 
and Bellande bet 85,000. Karmatakii made the call and mucked when he saw Bellande had 
, for a pair and a flush draw on the flop, which improved to two pair on the turn and finally made the flush on the river. "That was a pretty sick check on the flop", Bellande said with approval of his opponent.
As a result of that hand, Bellande was closing in on seven figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
980,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
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|
600,000
-332,000
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-332,000 |