Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier Biography
Bertrand Grospellier, otherwise known as "Elky" is one of the finest poker players that hails from France. Elky was one of the first players to have a fan base that followed his ever move. Before poker, Elky was a prominent gamer, and he found that many of the skills that he had from years of playing online games, could actually come to use in the game of poker. Something that most gamers agree with. In fact, Elky has won several gaming awards throughout the world, and lives in Asia where gaming rules, much likes sports rule in the United States. However, when he turned to playing poker, he did find that the poker games were much more rewarding than the gaming tournaments that he had participated in.
He started playing online poker games and found that he could be successful. He once won $57,000 from one game of Texas Hold'Em. However, he had yet to really participate in any real live tournaments, though he wanted to, he was never given the invitation. He is mostly recognized for his online play in which he is ranked in the top ten online poker players in the world. Many times Elky would play fourteen or fifteen tables at a time while playing online, just going to prove how good he was in being able to manage this many tables at once.
However, the idea of playing in a live tournament changed in 2008 when he was invited to play in the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure. Elky beat out 1,136 players to take home the jackpot of $2 million. This was the time in which the world stood up and wanted a good hard look at the once online game player, he had officially arrived on the scene as one of the best poker players in the world.
Today, Elky is considered one of the highest earning French poker players out there. He has participated in several tournaments usually placing within the top five players, however, most times than not coming in first or second place. One of the biggest advantages that Elky has against other players is that he takes everything that he learns and applies that to the different people he plays against. Which means that no two times of playing with Elky are the same, he keeps opponents on their toes and guessing his every move, which is half the game of poker.
Though Elky has already won a great amount of money, awards and being known as the first player to ever do some things. Elky is by no mean finished with his poker career. He continues to be invited to participate in tournaments, due to his popularity and the public loving to see him play. He will continue to do this for several years to come and will more than likely have tons of more money to rack in before he finally calls it quits. The public loves him and they want to continue to see him play as his fan base grows a little more every month.