Robert Bellande Poker
27 Mar
He may claim to be ‘the unluckiest player in Poker After Dark history’, but Jean-Robert Bellande has just proved that being ‘lucky in love’ can help to balance the books a bit, the ‘Broke Living’ poker star getting married this week to his sweetheart Veronica Llamas, now Mrs Bellande!
Punta De Mita in Mexico was the beautiful setting for the nuptials, as the man who pretty much runs the highstakes action at the Ivey Room in Vegas’ Aria Casino embarked on a whole new chapter in an already remarkable life.
- Jean-Robert Bellande is an American professional poker player. He was born on September 17th, 1970. He’s also appeared on CBS’s reality show Survivor: China. Bellande, aka JRB or “Action Bob”, has won a WSOP gold bracelet in 2018. Overall, he has around $3 million in live tournament cashes.
- Jean Robert Bellande Accused Of High Stakes Cheating By Bill Perkins and Dan Bilzerian Thursday, October 8th, 2020 Written by Renee After outing Dan “Jungleman” Cates in back in May for ghosting a recreational player in a private online poker home game which the American poker pro later admitted, Bill Perkins is back on social media.
Born in New York to Haitian parents, Bellande had a tough upbringing, but first through his marketing degree and nightclub involvement, and then through his poker in Vegas, he has certainly managed to turn things around – despite always pleading that he’s broke, hence the nickname – his website carrying the tagline ‘Broke and Living Like a Millionaire!’
Wednesday, 14 May 2014. JRB reveals One Drop plans. Just the other day, high-stakes favourite Jean-Robert Bellande posted a photo on Instagram showing him buying into the Big One for One Drop with fat stacks of cash. But where did Mr ‘Broke Living’ get th. Bellande (French pronunciation:?????b?? L?d; born September 17, 1970 in Long Island, New York) is an American professional poker player, reality TV contestant, and a nightclub owner and promoter.
With over $2million in tournament earnings, and a seat in the biggest games in town whenever he wants it, you’d be hard pushed to describe him as down on his luck, although he did once lose a $3.million cash game pot!
In any event, being poor and landing the girl of your dreams isn’t always a bad exchange…
…and walking off into the sunset after your wedding has to be a lot better than walking home after poker because you can’t afford the taxi fare!