""I was not even supposed to play the tournament, I don't know if you know that," Bellande told Merit Poker after coming out on top. "Rob's plane got delayed in Istanbul, and as a favor to the guys because he wasn't at the tournament on time, he decided, 'Okay, let me throw a fish in the game for you. I'll give them JRB since I'm not there.' So he put me in.""
"While he largely focuses on the cash games, he has now accrued nearly $4.6 million across 55 in-the-money finishes, with this being his largest score by nearly double. Before this win, his top payday came when he placed second in the 2015 World Series of Poker $50,000 Poker Players Championship for $784,828. The next-largest was the $616,302 that accompanied his first, and so far only, bracelet win."
Jean-Robert Bellande traveled to Cyprus to play high-stakes cash games but accepted a seat in the Onyx High Roller $100,000 no-limit hold'em event. Rob Yong, the event founder, entered Bellande after Yong's plane was delayed. Bellande defeated a 50-entry field to win $1,500,000, with Yong finishing runner-up for $1,000,000. Only the top eight places earned payouts from the $4.8 million prize pool. Artur Martirosian busted on the six-figure money bubble when A-Q ran into Yong's pocket aces. Bellande now has nearly $4.6 million in career tournament earnings across 55 cashes.
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