Bellande Spikes the River to Double in Huge Pot
Level 11
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Sinan Unlu raised to 80,000 under the gun and Adrian Mateos called on the button. Jean-Robert Bellande squeezed to 410,000 in the small blind, and only Mateos called.
Bellande carved out a bet of 375,000 on the 4♠4♣6♣ flop, and after a few moments, Mateos jammed, covering Bellande. Bellande snap-called for his stack of 2,095,000 total and the cards were revealed.
Jean-Robert Bellande: A♣K♣ 
Adrian Mateos: 10♦10♣
For a pot worth over five starting stacks, Bellande had two overs and a flush draw against the pocket tens of Mateos.
An 8♥ on the turn was a blank for Bellande, but the K♠ to complete the board wasn't, as he spiked a pair to win the pot.
Bellande's stack grew to over five million and Mateos was down to around 2,100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,200,000
2,950,000
|
2,950,000 |
|
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|
2,100,000
2,220,000
|
2,220,000 |
|
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|
1,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |