Robert Bellande Poker
Posted : admin On 3/26/2022Dan Bilzerian dropped a bombshell about a popular poker player – Jean-Robert Bellande. The social media playboy claims JRB has been cheating in a high-stakes home game, a potential reputation-damaging allegation.
- Learning Poker the Wrong Way Jean-Robert Bellande was born in New York to Haitian parents. When he was five years old, his mother, a Christian missionary, relocated to Taiwan, where he spent the next 13 years growing up in an ex-pat community.
- Bellande (French pronunciation:?????b?? L?d; born September 17, 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional poker player, reality TV contestant, and a nightclub owner and promoter.
Poker cheating scandals are becoming more prevalent these days. Mike Postle, an accused cheater, escaped legal action, both criminal and civil. But most of the poker community still believes in his guilt.
Postle allegedly had access to his opponent’s hole cards during dozens of Stones Live streams. The accusation is that he played near-perfect poker and thus must have been cheating. That, however, hasn’t been definitively proven.
The same can be said for Bellande, who was accused of cheating by both Bilzerian and hedge fund manager Bill Perkins, both of whom he considers close friends.
Jean-Robert Bellande just can't get any respect. For sure, the Bodog pro's live tournament results aren't exactly the stuff of legend. It's rare, though, to find a player who invites such overwhelming vitriol and ridicule from forum trolls, fellow pros and the poker community at large. Bellande (French pronunciation: ʒɑ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ bɛˈlɑ̃d; born September 17, 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional poker player, reality TV contestant, and a nightclub owner and promoter.
All three of them play in the highest stakes private home games you’ll find in Las Vegas. Bellande, who previously played almost daily at Aria, hosts the games. He’s one of the only pros in the games and typically invites recreational players and wealthy businesspeople such as Perkins.
Did JRB cheat?
Bilzerian, a social media icon, claims to have earned his wealth playing high-stakes poker cash games, although that claim has never been verified. He made a bold accusation about Bellande following a recent game they played, a game that JRB actually lost for six figures. Bellande shared a text conversation of the chat with Bilzerian on Twitter after Bilzerian outed him on his Instagram page, which has over 32 million followers.
According to the chat, Bilzerian said he won “only” $287,000 in the $50/$100 game played in Las Vegas. And he straight up called JRB “a cheat,” but didn’t go into details as to the evidence he has to prove cheating occurred. The social media playboy referred to Bellande as “such a f—–g sack of s–t for bringing me to that game.”
“I didn’t lose, I’m not trying to b—h about paying, I have no dog in this fight,” Bilzerian texted.
Bellande defended bringing Bilzerian to the game with the comment, “I thought you’d enjoy.” He then said of Bilzerian’s cheating accusations, “You could never believe that. Very not cool for you to say.”
Perkins, who was also in the game, took to Twitter to pile on. The hedge fund manager and avid poker player polled his audience.
You're the host of a poker game you get paid time/rake and you also play in the game. You have 50 percent of 2 or more players in a sometimes 8/7/9 player game. As the host should you make non staked players aware of the economics? #Poker
— Bill Perkins (Guy) (@bp22) October 5, 2020
Bilzerian is so confident that Bellande cheated that he offered to bet that JRB is lying via a lie detector test. JRB hasn’t responded to that side bet. But he did defend his reputation on social media.
loosing 400k+ this week (only 80 in that game) and having my friend, @DanBilzerian turn on me = rough week. funny thing is, i think those guys were only showing off to impress him. i’m super bummed right now. (and would still vouch for that game). #brokeandbummed
— Jean-Robert Bellande (@BrokeLivingJRB) October 5, 2020
“loosing 400k+ this week (only 80 in that game) and having my friend, @DanBilzerian turn on me = rough week. funny thing is, i think those guys were only showing off to impress him. i’m super bummed right now. (and would still vouch for that game),” Jean-Robert Bellande wrote on Twitter.
Bellande’s reputation is important given his strategy for making money from poker. He hosts private games and if his reputation isn’t in tact, he’ll have a hard time convincing anyone to join his games.
John Robert Bellande Poker
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Jean Robert Bellande Poker
| Jean-Robert Bellande | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Bobby |
| Residence | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Born | September 17, 1970 (age 50) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 17[1] |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 65th, 2011 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 3 |
| Information accurate as of 16 July 2010. | |
Jean-Robert F. Bellande (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʁɔbɛʁ bɛˈlɑ̃d]; born September 17, 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional poker player, reality TV contestant, and a nightclub owner and promoter.
Background[edit]
Bellande was born in Long Island, New York to parents who emigrated from Haiti. When Bellande was five years old, his family relocated to Taiwan where his mother was a Christian missionary. He spent the next thirteen years of his life in an expatriate community before returning to the United States acquiring a Bachelor of Arts in marketing from Azusa Pacific University. He is a native French and English speaker, who learned to be proficient in Mandarin. He now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.[2][3][4] Bellande is a Republican.[5]
Poker[edit]
Bellande first gained public exposure during a World Series of Poker circuit event in March 2005. He finished 3rd, behind Doug Lee and Jennifer Harman, winning $210,900. Bellande is noted for his aggressive table banter throughout this televised event. A week later, Bellande defeated John Phan to win first prize at the 2005 Winnin' o' the Green tournament, earning a further $148,000.
Bellande has also finished in the money of World Series of Poker (WSOP) and World Poker Tour (WPT) events, and appeared in the WPT Bad Boys of Poker II invitational event won by Tony G.
At the 2008 World Series of Poker, Bellande came close to capturing his first bracelet when he finished runner-up to Matt Graham in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em - Shootout event, earning $173,564 then later he finished in 442nd place out of 6844 entries at the Main Event that same year.
At the 2015 World Series of Poker, Bellande finished 2nd in the $50,000 Player's Championship for $784,828.
At the 2018 World Series of Poker, Bellande won his first World Series of Poker bracelet and $616,302 in Event #58: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Handed.
As of 2018, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,800,000.[6]
World Series of Poker bracelets[edit]
| Year | Event | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | $616,302 |
Survivor: China[edit]
Bellande was a contestant on Survivor: China as a member of the Fei Long Tribe, and later Hae Da Fung. Noted was his conflict with fellow contestant Courtney Yates and his numerous gaffes. He was voted out 8th, becoming the 2nd member of the jury. He cast his jury vote for Todd Herzog to win the million dollar prize, which Herzog ended up achieving.
Notes[edit]
- ^World Series of Poker: Jean-Robert Bellande
- ^McManus, James, ed. (June 27, 2014). 'How to Win $20 Million at Poker'. Bloomberg. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^McManus, James, ed. (July 12, 2015). 'The Bulletproof Life of Jean-Robert Bellande'. BluffEurope. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^CBS's Survivor: China biography: Jean Robert Bellande
- ^Bellande, Jean-Robert (November 6, 2018). 'I'm a Republican forced to vote Dem across the board today because Nevada seems to have 0 Republicans interested in doing shit about our gun problem. I'll happily help raise money for a Rep politician whose primary goal is Common Sense gun legislation'. @BrokeLivingJRB. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
- ^Hendon Mob tournament results
External links[edit]
- Jean-Robert Bellande biography for Survivor: China at CBS.com