Bertrand ��ElkY�� Grospellier: I Got Super Lucky!
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$, which has quickly become one of the highlights of the week across the entire online poker world. The Frenchman gave a little insight into GGPoker��s thinking.
��It��s a sick field, a really tough tournament that has been growing. Basically, the concept was to have a high roller tournament with a delayed final table so they can make a great show on the GGPoker official Twitch channel; it��s really great.��
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��Rotterdam��, one of the GGPoker stream commentators, was a guest on the PokerNews podcast a couple of weeks ago and ElkY couldn��t speak highly enough of him. The pair know each other from their professional gaming days and have been in the same circles for several years now.
��I really love his passion for poker and for everything he does, he really loves the game. Because of his experience as not only a professional poker player but also a professional caster and commentator, he��s definitely the perfect fit for this show.��
The last time ElkY reached the Super MILLION$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
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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.
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 $321,948 and the title of champion.
Perhaps ElkY will win the Super MILLION$ this coming week?
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