2018 World Series of Poker

Event #58: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$616,302
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,766,750
Entries
621
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
40,000

"Don't Bluff the Donkey"

Level 7 : 250/500, 75 ante
Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert Bellande

On a board reading {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Jean-Robert Bellande and Jeff Madsen were left heads-up in what was shaping up to be a massive pot. Bellande checked from the small blind and Madsen nearly pushed all of his chips into the middle, betting 25,500 into a pot of nearly 30,000. Bellande went into the tank while getting a massage and eventually called off his last 24,575 chips.

"Nice hand," Madsen said as he turned over {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}. Bellande didn't have much better with {a-Clubs}{q-Spades} but was currently in the lead. The river brought the {9-Diamonds} and Bellande's ace-queen high was good enough to take down a huge pot.

"My mom always told me, 'Don't bluff the donkey,'" Bellande said as he raked in the pot. Madsen was left with around 1,500 chips and would go on to bust just a couple of hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
WSOP 1X Winner
79,000 79,000
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

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