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Sunday, July 1, 2018 3:06 PM Local Time
Hands #15-19: "That Was a Big One!"
Hand #15: Jean-Robert Bellande opened the cutoff for 125,000 and he took down the big blind and antes. There was no small blind this hand.
Hand #16: Dean Lyall opened the cutoff/button for 150,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #17: Andrew Graham raised the button to 125,000 and big blind Jean-Robert Bellande called. The two checked the fop and turn before Bellande bet 275,000 on the river. Graham folded.
Hand #18: Tay Nguyen opened the button for 140,000 but folded to Bellande's small blind 400,000 three-bet.
Hand #19: Bellande opened for 125,000 from the button and small blind Dean Lyall called. Lyall check-called 100,000 on , 225,000 on the turn, and another 525,000 on the river. Bellande showed and Lyall mucked.
"That was a big one!" Bellande told his rail in a quiet voice.
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 6,900,000 | 1,500,000  |
| Andrew Graham | 4,200,000 | -200,000  |
| Dean Lyall | 3,600,000 | -900,000 |
| Tay Nguyen | 945,000 | -255,000 |
Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:52 PM Local Time
Eric Blair Eliminated in 5th Place ($120,669)
Hand #14: Andrew Graham raised to 150,000 under the gun and Eric Blair defended his big blind to see a flop. Blair checked and called a bet of 250,000 from Graham, which brought about the turn. Blair checked, Graham moved all in, and Blair leaned back in his chair. He had 870,000 back, double checked his cards, and called off.
Blair:
Graham:
Blair had a kicker problem and was looking to simply chop the pot. The river was no help and just like that he was sent out the door in fifth place.
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 5,400,000 | -200,000 |
| Dean Lyall | 4,500,000 | 0 |
| Andrew Graham | 4,400,000 | 1,200,000 |
| Tay Nguyen | 1,200,000 | -100,000 |
| Eric Blair | 0 | -1,300,000 |
Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:50 PM Local Time
Hands #13: Jean-Robert Bellande Takes It on the Turn
Hand #13: Jean-Robert Bellande limped the small blind and Dean Lyall checked his option from the big to see a flop. Bellande bet 100,000, Lyall called, and the appeared on the turn. Bellande bet 275,000 and Lyall gave it up.
Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:48 PM Local Time
Kacper Pyzara Eliminated in 6th Place ($85,570)
Hand #12: Kacper Pyzara's day has gone from bad to worse with nothing working for him today.
Action folded to him in the small blind and he shoved for 515,000. Big blind Jean-Robert Bellande didn't need much time committing chips.
Kacper Pyzara:
Jean-Robert Bellande:
The flop of gave Pyzara a glimmer of hope but the on the turn ended all of that. The on the river was inconsequential and Pyzara exited in sixth place for $85,570.
The remaining five players are now guaranteed $120,570.
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 5,600,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Kacper Pyzara | 0 | -670,000 |
Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:44 PM Local Time
Hands #6-11: Dean Lyall Wins a Big One Off Kacper Pyzara
Hand #6: Andrew Graham raised to 125,000 from the button and Tay Nguyen moved all in for 1.22 million from the small blind. Graham folded.
Hand #7: Graham opened for 125,000 from the cutoff and Nguyen flatted the button. Jean-Robert Bellande called from the big blind and three players went to the flop. Bellande checked, Graham bet 175,000, and Nguyen folded. Bellande called and the appeared on the turn.
Bellande checked, Graham did the same, and the paired the board on the river. Bellande checked for the third time and Graham thought long and hard before betting 425,000. Bellande called and Graham tabled the . It was good as Bellande mucked.
Hand #8: Bellande raised to 150,000 from the small blind and Dean Lyall folded the big.
Hand #9: Lyall limped the small blind and Eric Blair exercised his option in the big with a raise to 165,000. Lyall called the additional 105,000 and the flop came down . Lyall checked and folded when Blair bet 110,000.
Hand #10: Kacper Pyzara raised to 175,000 from the hijack and Lyall called from the button. Graham came along from the big blind and it was three-way action to the flop. Graham checked, Pyzara bet 225,000, and only Lyall called to see the turn.
Pyzara bet 475,000, Lyall called, and the completed the board on the river. Pyzara bet 1.1 million and Lyall called. Pyzara sheepishly showed the and Lyall rolled over the for two pair and the win.
Hand #11: Dean Lyall raised to 135,000 and big blind Kacper Pyzara called. Pyzara check-folded to a 100,000-bet on .
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 4,600,000 | -600,000 |
| Dean Lyall | 4,500,000 | 1,900,000 |
| Andrew Graham | 3,200,000 | 600,000 |
| Eric Blair | 1,300,000 | 100,000 |
| Tay Nguyen | 1,300,000 | 100,000 |
| Kacper Pyzara | 670,000 | -2,130,000 |
Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:26 PM Local Time
Hands #1-5: One Flop
Hand #1: From the small blind, Kacper Pyzara limped in. Big blind Jean-Robert Bellande checked his option. The flop came and Pyzara bet 60,000. Bellande called.
Pyzara checked on the turn and Bellande bet 100,000. Pyzara called. Both checked the on the river and Bellande took it down with . Pyzara showed .
Hand #2: Dean Lyall received a walk in the big blind.
Hand #3: Tay Nguyen raised to 150,000 but folded to the three-bet to 415,000 by his neighbor Pyzara.
Hand #4: Dean Lyall opened the button for 150,000 but folded to Andrew Graham's big blind three-bet to 480,000.
Hand #5: Pyzara opened under the gun for 145,000 and took down the blinds and antes.
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 5,200,000 | 150,000 |
| Kacper Pyzara | 2,800,000 | 195,000 |
| Andrew Graham | 2,600,000 | 170,000 |
| Dean Lyall | 2,600,000 | -100,000 |
| Eric Blair | 1,200,000 | -110,000 |
| Tay Nguyen | 1,200,000 | -285,000 |
Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:11 PM Local Time
Cards in the Air
The final six players have taken their seats and production is ready. Cards are back in the air!
Sunday, July 1, 2018 10:48 AM Local Time
Bellande's Quest For His First Bracelet Commences at 2 p.m.
He has played in the biggest cash games on the planet. He's bought into the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. He's still calling himself Broke, but he most likely ain't.
Jean-Robert Bellande has manifested himself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of poker over the better part of a decade. He's no longer the Survivor Star that plays a bit of poker, he's a poker player who was once on Survivor.
But he doesn't have a bracelet. Yet.
Today, Jean-Robert Bellande is five eliminations away from that most coveted prize in poker; just five players between him and the shiny gold bracelet. And that in a six-handed no-limit hold'em event, a poker variant usually dominated by online players that have played the format over and over on the virtual felt.
Bellande starts out in front with 84 big blinds when play gets back underway. His closest competitor for the top spot brings 45 big blinds. Here's the final table line-up:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Eric Blair | United States | 1,310,000 | 22 |
| 2 | Andrew Graham | United States | 2,430,000 | 41 |
| 3 | Tay Nguyen | United States | 1,485,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Kacper Pyzara | Poland | 2,605,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Jean-Robert Bellande | United States | 5,050,000 | 84 |
| 6 | Dean Lyall | United Kingdom | 2,700,000 | 45 |
All six finalists are guaranteed a payday of $85,570 but it's the $616,302 first-place prize that everyone's eyeing.
| Place | Prize (USD) |
|---|
| 1st | $616,302 |
| 2nd | $380,595 |
| 3rd | $254,684 |
| 4th | $173,598 |
| 5th | $120,669 |
| 6th | $85,570 |
The action will resume at 2 p.m. today on the feature table inside the Brasilia Room. The blinds will kick off on level 28 at 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante. There will be a live stream available with a 30-minute delay on Twitch, you'll find it right here on PokerNews as soon as it gets underway.
Follow along with the PokerNews coverage today as we bring you the details of every single hand.