Bertrand Grospellier
| Bertrand Grospellier | |
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Grospellier at the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo in April 2008
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| Nickname(s) | ElkY |
| Residence | Prague, Czech Republic |
| Born |
February 8, 1981 Melun, France |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 6 |
| Money finish(es) | 28 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish |
122nd, 2009 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 5 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 18 |
| ElkY | |
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| Bertrand Grospellier | |
| Hometown | Melun, France |
| Current team | Team Liquid |
| League | OnGameNet Starleague |
| Games | StarCraft: Brood War, Warcraft III, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft |
| Championships | Euro Cyber Games 2003 (SC:BW) |
Bertrand Grospellier (French pronunciation: [bɛʁtʁɑ̃ ɡʁopɛlje]; born February 8, 1981 in Melun), also known as ElkY /ˈɛlki/, is a 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 Team PokerStars Pro and he currently resides in London, England. Grospellier is ranked #77 on the Global Poker Index (info from July 8, 2014). In November 2015 Grospellier returned to the eSports scene by joining Team Liquid as a Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft player.
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 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.
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