Elky Poker
He has won a World Poker Tour (WPT), a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a European Poker Tour (EPT) title, giving him the Triple Crown. He is a partypoker Pro and he currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic. ElkY is ranked #77 on the Global Poker Index (info from 8 July 2014).
Age, Biography and Wiki
ElkY was born on 8 February, 1981 in Melun, France, is a French poker player and electronic sports player. Discover ElkY's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 39 years old?
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| Age | 39 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | 8 February 1981 |
| Birthday | 8 February |
| Birthplace | Melun, France |
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- Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier is one of online poker's most interesting characters. Bertrand Grospellier was born in France on February 8th, 1981. In December of 2001 he moved from France to South Korea, where he began a career as a professional video game player.
- Bertrand Gospellier, better known as ElkY, is one of the world’s most recognizable poker players and a certified esports master to boot! He holds multiple poker titles, including World Poker.
ElkY Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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ElkY Net Worth
He net worth has been growing significantly in 2018-19. So, how much is ElkY worth at the age of 39 years old? ElkY’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from . We have estimated ElkY's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2020 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2019 | Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2019 | Pending |
| Salary in 2019 | Under Review |
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| Source of Income | Player |
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Timeline
ElkY won his second bracelet in the 2019 WSOPE winning the $550 Colossus No limit holdem event.
He set the Guinness World Record for most Single Table Sit & Goes played in one hour for a total of 62 at a $6.50 buy in with a profit of $23.60. As of February 2018, his total live tournament winnings exceed $13,500,000.
In November 2015, Elky returned to the esports scene by joining Team Liquid as a Hearthstone player.
ElkY won his first WSOP bracelet in the '2011 Seven Card Stud Championship', overcoming a field of 126 to collect $331,639 in prize money. This win made ElkY only the fourth player to win a WPT, EPT and WSOP title.
On 18 September 2009, ElkY won his first WCOOP bracelet in event 38. He added a second bracelet only three days later in Event 43 by besting a field of 9,220 entrants. His winnings for both events totaled nearly $500,000.
In October 2008, ElkY added to his tournament haul by winning the World Poker Tour's Festa al Lago tournament, claiming a $1.4 million first prize. The win marked ElkY's first-ever cash on the WPT. He also became just the third person, along with Roland De Wolfe and Gavin Griffin, to win a title on both the WPT and EPT. As a result of his success on the seventh season of the World Poker Tour, ElkY was awarded the distinction of 'WPT Player of the Year.'
ElkY was disqualified from event 29 in the 2008 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) for agreeing to go all-in blind with another player. This violated the tournament rule which states 'Poker is an individual (not a team) game. Any action or chat intended to help another player is unethical and is prohibited.' His winnings were forfeited and other places were moved up in the standings to replace his finish. Two other players (Annette_15 and charder30) had also violated the same rule earlier.
On Saturday, 20 January 2007, he finished second in the Copenhagen event on the European Poker Tour for 309,000 Euros. In January 2008, ElkY finished in 1st place winning $2,000,000 at the European Poker Tour's (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure. A year later, while being knocked out of the main event of the PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure on day 1, ElkY went on to take home the EPT5 $25,000 buy-in 'High Roller' side event for $433,500.
ElkY was one of the top ranked StarCraft players in the world, having placed second in the World Cyber Games in 2001 and continuing his career in South Korea in the years subsequent including a fourth-place finish in an Ongamenet Starleague. By 2002, he picked up the newly released WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos and garnered success by finishing second in the televised Ongamenet WarCraft Retail League before retiring.
Bertrand Grospellier (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ ɡʁopɛlje] ; born 8 February 1981 in Melun), also known as ElkY /ˈ ɛ l k i / , is a French poker player and former StarCraft: Brood War and Warcraft III esports player. He has won a World Poker Tour (WPT), a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and a European Poker Tour (EPT) title, giving him the Triple Crown. He is a partypoker Pro and he currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic. ElkY is ranked #77 on the Global Poker Index (info from 8 July 2014). In November 2015 ElkY returned to the esports scene by joining Team Liquid as a Hearthstone player.
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There isn’t much Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier hasn’t won when it comes to poker. The flamboyant GGPoker Ambassador tops the French all-time money listings, partly because ElkY is one of a handful of players who have won live poker’s coveted Triple Crown.
ElkY navigated his way through a star-studded field in the latest edition of the GGPoker Super MILLION$, a $10,300 buy-in event with $1.5 million guaranteed prize pool. ElkY had a 1,245,988 stack of chips in front of him when David Peters busted in 10th place, setting the final table, the second Super MILLION$ finale ElkY has been involved in.
PokerNews’ Sarah Herring caught up to ElkY for an exclusive interview before the final table got underway.
I Got Super Lucky!
ElkY admits he got “super lucky” on the route to the final table; everyone needs a little luck when it comes to tournament poker.
“I won king-jack against kings all-in preflop when I was short,” explained ElkY, “I got lucky again with 12 or 13 players left, I shoved ace-four suited in the small blind with 18 big blinds and David Peters woke up with nines but I hit an ace. There were no sick hands, they all outplayed me, but I got lucky!”
Herring and ElkY chatted about the concept of the Super MILLION$, which has quickly become one of the highlights of the week across the entire online poker world. The Frenchman gave a little insight into GGPoker’s thinking.
“It’s a sick field, a really tough tournament that has been growing. Basically, the concept was to have a high roller tournament with a delayed final table so they can make a great show on the GGPoker official Twitch channel; it’s really great.”
“Rotterdam”, one of the GGPoker stream commentators, was a guest on the PokerNews podcast a couple of weeks ago and ElkY couldn’t speak highly enough of him. The pair know each other from their professional gaming days and have been in the same circles for several years now.
“I really love his passion for poker and for everything he does, he really loves the game. Because of his experience as not only a professional poker player but also a professional caster and commentator, he’s definitely the perfect fit for this show.”
The last time ElkY reached the Super MILLION$ final table he did so alongside one of his close friends. That happened again this time around.
“The first time I reached the final table I was there with Leon [Tsoukernik] and this time I am there with my friend, the French player Sebastien Grax. He’s also at the final table so it’s going to be interesting. It’s pretty fun, it always is when you play a tournament with a friend and you both reach the final table.”
Super MILLION$ Final Table Results (Nov. 3, 2020)
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
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| 1 | Sebastien Grax | Monaco | $321,948 |
| 2 | Christian Rudolph | Austria | $249,704 |
| 3 | rebuyguy | Costa Rica | $193,671 |
| 4 | Gr4vyB04t | Ireland | $150,212 |
| 5 | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | Slovakia | $116,505 |
| 6 | Elio Fox | Mexico | $90,361 |
| 7 | Niklas Astedt | Canada | $70,084 |
| 8 | Timothy Nuter | Mexico | $54,357 |
| 9 | Ami Barer | Canada | $42,160 |
Unfortunately, for ElkY at least, he couldn’t get the job done at the final table, and he had to make do with a fifth-place finish. That netted the popular Frenchman a cool $116,505 so it was still a great day at the office.
He came unstuck after short-stacked Ami Barer, Timothy Nuter, Swedish legend Niklas Astedt, and start-of-the-day chip leader Elio Fox busted out.
ElkY was flying high and held the chip lead when play was five-handed, but it all went wrong. He lost a few hands in quick succession and was left with 13.6 big blinds. Those went into the middle with king-jack from the cutoff, only to see his friend Sebastien Grax three-bet all-in over the top of him from the button with the dominating ace-king. The other players ducked out of the way. Both players paired their king on the river and ElkY fell by the wayside.
At least ElkY knows his chips went to a good cause because Grax eventually emerged victoriously.
“Gr4vyB04t” busted in fourth-place. The former hit a six-high straight on the river against the turned full house of Grax and he couldn’t get away from it.
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Costa Rica’s “rebuyguy” saw their tournament end in third-place, again, after a clash with Grax. Rebuyguy’s last chips went into the middle with king-queen against Grax’s ace-four of diamonds. A king on the turn looked to have flipped the hand on it’s head, but the river was an ace to send the tournament into heads-up.
Grax held an 11,321,426 to 3,978,574 chip advantage over Christian Rudolph and it didn’t take too long for Grax to secure all the chips in play. Rudolph banked $249,704 for his runner-up finish while Grax banked an impressive $321,948 and the title of champion.
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