Big Stack Bellande Handles Hellmuth in 2009 WSOP Mixed Holdem Event

Bodog Poker pro Jean Robert Bellande is one of the big stacks so far in the 2009 WSOP Mixed Holdem event. (Bodog Beat Image)"]

We are getting near the dinner break for the $2,500 Mixed Holdem event here at the 2009 WSOP and the Bodog Poker pros out in the field seem to have settled in for the long haul, especially Jean Robert Bellande.

According to PokerNews, he has one of the biggest stacks in the field right now and got some of those chips from bidding adios to Phil Hellmuth. Here is how it went down:

Just before a multiway limped pot, Phil Hellmuth shouts to Annie Duke, "Watch how I play this one..."

They see a A-6-3 flop and it's checked to Hellmuth who bets 450. Jean-Robert Bellande check-raises all in and Hellmuth quickly calls with 7-7, ahead of Bellande's J-6. The turn is a K but the river is a devil for Hellmuth, another 6 to eliminate him.

So, it looks like Bellande is now sitting on about 40k in chips and is still next to Maria Ho (some guys have all the luck).

David Williams and Justin Bonomo both look equally as comfortable at the table, if not as stacked. Well, we would be too if we were getting a massage like Bonomo is right now, but that's beside the point (don't think they come up to media row, maybe it's the guy next to us who smells like he may not have showered .... ever). Williams is just hanging out and texting/tweeting and chatting with Erick Lindgren, who is across the table from him.

We'll keep you posted as things progress, so head back here for more WSOP updates.