Aerts Can't Land the Knockout Blow on Bellande
Level 18
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Pieter Aerts raised to 400,000 in the hijack, Jean-Robert Bellande moved all in for 2,565,000 on the button, and Aerts called.
Jean-Robert Bellande: 9♦9♣ 
Pieter Aerts: 6♠6♥
Bellande was ahead with his pair of nines, and the A♦Q♣2♦8♥4♣ board proved safe for him to secure the double up.
"It would'be been fitting if you put me away," Bellande said to Aerts as he raked in the pot.
"The media guys asked me, if I win the $1.5 million, what are you going to do with the money? I said, pay off some debts. Then they asked me, what are you going to do with the rest? Well, those guys will just have to wait," Bellande added.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,495,000
2,565,000
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2,565,000 |
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5,630,000
2,565,000
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2,565,000 |
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