Jean-Robert Bellande Joins Team Bodog and Cashes in on Survivor Fame

Though he didn’t go as far on Survivor: China as he wanted to, Jean-Robert Bellande is parlaying his experience on the hit CBS reality show into plenty of additional money and exposure. Not only did he get a Poker After Dark invite and a seat in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship thanks in part to his air time in the jungles of China, but he has now signed on with Team Bodog, where he joins David Williams, Josh Arieh, and Evelyn Ng as one of the faces of the popular poker site.

“I’m completely thrilled to be on Team Bodog and to join my friends Josh, David, and Evy,” Bellande announced.

In a separate but related note, the Bodog Poker Open kicked off in March, and amazingly, in the first event ($270 NLHE), Ng finished second and Arieh third out of a field of 377. Not a bad opening statement from Team Bodog.