Jean-Robert Bellande opened for $17,000 and got calls from Al DeCarolis (button) and Brandon Steven (small blind). Everyone checked the flop, and the board was when it got checked to DeCarolis again. He bet $40,000, getting a fold from Steven. Bellande loaded up his big chips and put out enough to make DeCarolis risk his stack if he wanted to continue, a raise of roughly $130,000.

DeCarolis snap-called with the , and he initially said he wanted to run it once against Bellande's . Bellande convinced him to run it twice, but the and were both bricks, and DeCarolis scooped a pot of just under $400,000. Bellande is now stuck a bit with a stack of $900,000.

Players are now on a break.

Tags/etiquetas: Al DeCarolisBrandon StevenJean-Robert Bellande