He Is an Actor, After All
Three players, including Jean-Robert Bellande and Vince Van Patten, saw a flop come , and all three checked. The turn was the . The first player bet out, Bellande folded, and Van Patten made the call.
The river brought the and a check from the first to act. Van Patten promptly fired a bet of 50,000 -- around the size of the pot -- and his opponent folded. Van Patten showed his hand as the chips were pushed his way: .
"Vince!" said Bellande at the sight of Van Patten's cards. "I made a couple of what I thought were nice laydowns to you before... now I'm not so sure," he grinned.
Van Patten moves up to 255,000.