Daniel Negreanu Tries to Set Up Jean-Robert Bellande in New High Stakes Poker

On Tuesday night, Episode 11 of High Stakes Poker Season 10 aired on PokerGO. It featured the same lineup as the previous episode, which saw Jean-Robert Bellande become a magnet for pocket aces.

Others in the game included Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Robl, Jennifer Tilly, Stanley Tang, Stanley Choi, and Eric Persson, who was recently a guest on the PokerNews Podcast.

It was technically a $200/$400 no-limit hold’em cash game, but all players agreed to a mandatory $800 straddle.

Here’s how things stacked up at the start of the episode:

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Robl Fails to Empty the Clip

Persson put on an $800 straddle and Choi raised to $2,200 first to act with the 6♥5♥. Negreanu called two spots over holding the K♦J♣ and Robl three-bet to $11,500 holding the Q♦8♦ on the button. Bellande just called out of the small blind with his A♥K♥, and action folded back to Choi, who opted to call.

Negreanu released his hand and three players went to a flop of 7♥9♥7♠. JRB checked his flush draw, as did Choi, who actually had a straight flush draw. Robl continued for $10,000, Bellande called, and Choi did the same to see the 9♣ on the turn.

Two more checks on the double-paired board saw Robl bet $35,000, but he couldn’t shake JRB, who called. Choi got out of the way and the 4♣ completed the board on the river. With $138,300 in the pot, Bellande checked and Robl thought for a bit before conceding, “Alright, I’m going to give it up.”

He checked and JRB took down the six-figure pot with ace-high.

“I almost shoved it,” Robl lamented.

“I Can Either Go Home or Reload”

While the table was busy telling stories about the late Sam Grizzle, a big hand developed when Robl straddled and JRB looked down at the K♦K♣ first to act. He raised to $3,000 and Tang called with the Q♦J♥ before Persson did the same from the cutoff with the 7♣5♣. Choi called from the button with his Q♥5♥ and then Tilly looked down at the A♦K♠ in the small blind and popped it to $32,000.

With action back on Bellande, he asked Tilly for a count on her stack and then four-bet to $78,000. Action folded back to Tilly and she double-checked her cards before announcing, “All in.”

JRB snap-called and the duo opted to run it twice for the $357,000 pot. The 10♣4♣5♦ flop on the first run was no help to Tilly, and neither was the 9♦ turn nor Q♠ river.

On the second, the 7♠10♥7♥ flop bricked for Tilly, as did the 6♦ turn as well as the J♠ river. With that, JRB scooped the pot.

“This is very sad,” said Tilly, sending over her chips. “I can either go home or reload.”

She ultimately decided to rebuy for $100,000.

Negreanu Tries to Set Up Bellande

Negreanu straddled to $800 and Robl put on the double straddle to $1,600 when JRB raised to $5,000 with the 9♠9♦. Tilly called from the big blind with the 9♣7♣ and Negreanu looked down at the K♠K♥ in the straddle before making it $25,000 to go.

Robl folded, Bellande called, and Tilly got out of the way to make it heads-up action to the 3♦8♠J♥ flop. Negreanu continued for another $25,000 and JRB flicked in a cranberry chip call. The K♣ turn gave Negreanu top set and he tried to set a trap by checking.

JRB didn’t take the bait though and checked it back. Likewise, on the Q♥ river Negreanu checked for a second time and JRB did the same. With that, Negreanu pulled in a pot worth $107,200

Battle of the Stanley’s

In one of the last hands of the episode, the straddle was one when Tang raised to $2,000 with the Q♠6♠ and Choi called with the J♠10♣ in the small blind. Robl came along from the straddle with the J♥8♠ and the flop fell 9♠10♠J♣.

Two checks saw Tang bet $5,000 with his spade flush draw and Choi, who had checked top two pair, check-raised to $13,000. Robl folded top pair with an open-ended straight draw and Tang moved all in for $53,600. Choi called and the two agreed to run it twice for the $114,000 pot.

Neither the 2♥ turn nor 4♣ river on the first run helped Tang, but the Q♦ turn on the second opened up a lot of options. Unfortunately for Tang, the 2♣ river was a brick and he watched the entire pot pushed to Choi.

JRB Runs Hot on High Stakes Poker

High Stakes Poker Season 10 returns next week on PokerGO at 5 p.m. PT with Episode 12.

Past High Stakes Poker Recaps

Check out our past recaps from Season 10 of High Stakes Poker on PokerGO:

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