Small One for Bellande
Rick Salomon raised to $12,000 with the $2,400 straddle on, and Bill Perkins called from the mandatory straddle. Jean-Robert Bellande called from the big straddle, and everyone checked to the river as the board rolled out . Perkins checked again, and Bellande bet $26,000. Salomon quickly folded, but Perkins called.
"I'm not bluffing any more," Bellande declared, showing . "I'm just going to have it."
He dragged the $90,000 pot.