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Jean-Robert Bellande is a Survivor?

by Michael Keating
  • CBS announces Survivor 15 Cast

CBS has announced the 16 contestants for Survivor China the 15th installment of the popular reality TV series. You can see the complete cast at this link. 

Now you are probably checking the link to see if you went to Just Poker Talk or Reality TV Talk. Relax you are at the Poker blog. The reason I am blogging about this announcement is because of one of the 16 participants is non other than Professional Poker Player Jean-Robert Bellande. jeanrobertbellande_1.jpgConspicuously absent from the 2007 WSOP in July and now we know why. Jean-Robert was in China competing with 15 other Survivors for $1 million dollars that goes to the winner.
Jean-Robert in his introduction video discusses how he is used to comfortable hotels and air conditioned casinos and thought he was not a good candidate for Survivor. But when he gave it some thought he realized that he had a 1 in 16 shot for the $1 million prize and determined the odds were better than most poker tournaments. He goes on to say he is a little bit over weight and out of shape and he is not an outdoors-man. He views his Survivor participation as a big challenge and looks forward to competing. He views Poker and Survivor as both ‘Mental’ games. His strategy will be similar to when he enters a Poker Tournament. For the first little while he will be evaluating his opponents. Who are the strong players, who are the weak players and who he can mess with and who he doesn’t want to get into any kind of confrontation with. See the video here. It will be interesting to see how Jean-Robert’s Poker style plays in Survivor.

Survivor China Premieres on Thursday September 20, 2007 at 8 eastern.

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Posted in Announcements, News, Professional Poker, Television on August 22nd, 2007

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  1. Just Poker Talk » Blog Archive » Jean Robert Bellande Survives like an Ill Mannered Poker Player Says:
    October 6th, 2007 at 7:41 pm

    [...] you seen Jean Robert Bellande on Survivor China? I posted previously about Jean Robert being part of Survivor China. I have to admit I was a little surprised [...]

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