Bodog Beat

Bodog Poker pro Jean Robert Bellande found himself with a brutal table draw when he showed up for Day 1C of the 2009 WSOP Main Event. (Bodog Beat Image)

Ok, so we were strolling the aisles of the Amazon and Brasilia Rooms snapping photos of Team Bodog when we came across the table of Bodog Poker pro Jean Robert Bellande. Honestly, we noticed Liv Boeree first (obv), then we noticed Bellande. Then we saw online poker phenom Andrew "good2cu" Robl and kind of chuckled that they were all at the same table. Then we saw 2008 WSOP final tablist Chino Rheem and just started shaking our heads at how, in a field of 1,700, all these big names end up at a table together. Brutal.

As you can see in the picture, Bellande pretty much had his head down the whole time we were standing there, just focusing on playing and not who was at his table. Turns out this was the right thing to do as it paid off in spades… or boats actually. According to PokerNews:

David "Chino" Rheem was eliminated a short while ago when he ran into a full house from Jean-Robert Bellande. According to Bellande, he turned a set of queens and then rivered the boat.

Also out in the field today is Bodog Poker pro Justin Bonomo, who is having a great first couple of rounds and already doubled up. Here is the summary from his Twitter account (@JustinBonomo):

53k. Just doubled up with aces. Loose player raises to 800. I make it 2200. Fkop K94. He check calls all 3 streets and I'm good.

There are quite a few Team Bodog members also playing today. So far we've spotted Ben "Pokerfanx789″ Nathanson, Brandy "ParliGod" Savage, Alper "ThunderFX" Sar, Nick "BlueFlare" Saxon, Randy "wausau" Lang, Jackson "Boswan" Sveen, Matt "21msd21″ Doyle, Jonathan "True Butcher" Gross, Nathan "northkato" Drill, Steve "TheHesse" Hesse and Ronny "ron2007″ Palat. We'll keep you updated on their status as the Main Event progresses and as long as we can find them out there. Tables are getting broken and players moved fairly regularly, so we'll do our best. Stay tuned to the 2009 WSOP Main Event live updates page for photos and Twitter feeds.