Bio
Jean-Robert Bellande is an American nightclub owner, promoter and poker player best known for being a contestant on the 15th season of the reality competition show Survivor (Survivor: China), in 2007.
Born in Long Island, New York, Bellande considers himself to be international, as he is the son of French-speaking Haitian immigrants who raised him in Asia.
Bellande is a professional poker player (his televised tournaments include the 2005 Rio Circuit Event, 2005 US Poker Championship, Ballbreakers 2005 and the 2005 World Poker Tournament's "Bad Boys of Poker").
In 2005, he was ranked the Number 6 Card Player in the world.
Bellande first made a name for himself promoting some of Los Angeles' hottest nightclubs, including the Roxbury, Tatou of Beverly Hills and the Gate. He then opened up his own Hollywood night spot, Sky Sushi, which he ran for five years.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Azusa Pacific University. He describes himself as charismatic, fun and loud.
He is proudest of making it to the final table at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit Event, where he pocketed a whopping $210,000.
Bellande's hobbies are playing poker, playing pool and hitting the nightclubs. His favorite sport is soccer. He enjoys playing tennis and basketball. If he could take three non-survival items with him to China, he'd bring a deck of cards, poker chips and a dealer.
Bellande currently resides in Las Vegas.