New Best Friends

Jean-Robert Bellande and Nick Binger are laughing and sharing stories about their recent near-bracelet experiences. Nick Binger was three-handed with about 75% of the chips in the $1,500 Mixed Hold'em event. Bellande held an 8-to-1 chip lead heads up in the second-to-last event of the series, the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. Neither man manged to claim the bracelet, though, and now they are sharing their sob stories with each other and with the ESPN film crew.

The two of them teamed up to pitch an idea for a TV spot or commercial featuring themselves. From the discussions, it would involve them holding a bracelet out in front of them and dropping it into a flushing toilet, watching it disappear down the drain. They mentioned that they want Ted Forrest in it as well; he had a similar huge-leader-to-runner-up letdown. No word on whether Forrest would be in for an idea like that, but we have a guess:

No.