Bertrand Grospellier

Infobox poker player
firstname=Bertrand
lastname=Grospellier
nickname=ElkY

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|caption=Grospellier at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in April 2008
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wsop main event best finish rank=370th
wsop main event best finish year=2008
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Bertrand Grospellier (born February 8, 1981 [ cite web|url=http://www.worldcybergames.com/6th/history/match_detail.asp?i_dbcodeno=0&i_evtno=53&i_itemno=240&i_seq=1&i_matchgrpno=360&i_matchno=9412|title=WCG Official Website|accessdate=2008-04-27 |work=worldcybergames.com ] ) is a pro gamer and poker player from France. He currently resides in South Korea.

Gaming

Grospellier 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 a Ongamenet Starleague. By 2002 he picked up the newly released and showed success by finishing second in the televised Ongamenet WarCraft Retail League before retiring.

Accomplishments

*3rd - KBK Jeju [ [http://www.sk-gaming.com/news/3472/ SK Gaming | SK.wc3 founded ] ] (Seoul, South Korea)
*2nd - World Cyber Games 2001 [ [http://www.worldcybergames.com/6th/match_2001/result_double_win.asp?i_itemno=6&i_seq=2&i_schasu=11&v_sloop=13 WCG Official Website ] ] (Seoul, South Korea)
*4th - World Cyber Games 2002 [ [http://www.worldcybergames.com/6th/match_2002/result_double_lose.asp?i_itemno=210&i_seq=2&i_schasu=12 WCG Official Website ] ] (Daejeon, South Korea)
*4th - SKY 2 Ongamenet Starleague [ [http://teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=50469 OGN Starleague History ] ] (Seoul, South Korea)
*2nd - Ongamenet WarCraft Retail League [ [http://www.esport.com.cn/war3/article/2005-06-22/597319.html 历届以来的War3冠军――CEG电子竞技中文门户 ] ] (Seoul, South Korea) [WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos, all others StarCraft: Brood War]
*1st - Euro Cyber Games 2003 [ [http://www.sk-gaming.com/scene/2034/ SK Gaming | ECG: results ] ] (Paris, France)
*5th - World Cyber Games 2003 (Seoul, South Korea)
*top 16 - World Cyber Games 2004 (San Francisco, California, U.S.A.)

Poker

He has turned his attention to professional poker the last few years, qualifying for several events in the 2006 and 2007 World Series of Poker. Grospellier is a member of Team PokerStars. He was the first person ever to reach "Supernova" and "Supernova Elite" statuses on PokerStars - having earned 100,000 player points in just 2 weeks and 1,000,000 player points in 4 and a half months, respectively.

As of 2008, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,700,000. [ [http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/59776/bertrand-grospellier.htm PokerPages.com Tournament Results: Grospellier] ]

European Poker Tour

On Saturday, January 20, 2007 he finished second in the Copenhagen event on the European Poker Tour for 309,000 Euros.In January 2008, Grospellier finished in 1st place winning $2,000,000 at the European Poker Tour's (EPT) PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure [cite news | first=Brad "Otis" | last=Willis | coauthors= Howard Swains | title=Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier wins 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure | date=2008-01-10 | publisher= | url =http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2008/01/bertrand-elky-grospellier-wins-2008.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-11 | language = ]

Notes

External links

* [http://www.pokerstars.com/team-pokerstars/bertrand-grospellier/ Team PokerStars profile]
* [http://www.sclegacy.com/interviews/elky.php Starcraft Legacy interview]
* [http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/5766 BlondePoker interview]
* [http://www.ggl.com/index.php?controller=News&method=article&id=2028 Global Gaming League interview]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=39879 Hendon Mob tournament results]
* [http://teamliquid.net/tlpd/players/344_ElkY Overview of Elky's professional Starcraft career]
* [http://www.poker-king.com/bertrand-elky-grospellier-profile.php Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Profile]