Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier won the last seat in the TOC

• Author: News2
• Filed under: Andy Bloch, Bertrand Grospellier, Gavin Griffin, Gavin Smith, Gus Hansen, Liv Boeree, Michael Mizrachi, Paul Wasicka, Roland de Wolfe, Sorel Mizzi, WSOP
• Date: Jun 11,2010

As we reported earlier, the WSOP Tournament of Champions was looking for one more player amongst Andy Bloch, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Gus Hansen, Don Cheadle, Sorel Mizzi, Michael Mizrachi, Liv Boeree, Gavin Smith and Paul Wasicka.

As a wonderful tournament player the Frenchman Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier left all the others behind in the specific SNG tournament and got himself a ticket to one of the most-spoken tournaments of the year. Grospellier’s toughest opponent was Michael “Grinder” Mizrachi who has also been doing great in this year’s WSOP.

However, Mizrachi just couldn’t prevent ElkY from winning an entry for the TOC. The crucial deal started with Mizrachi leading with Ah-6h. But after the chips went in on the preflop, he got to notice that the French had hit the king on the turn and received even a flush from the river. After his victory the former ex-Starcraft pro thanked the WSOP Academy for giving him this possibility to attend the TOC and already started to look forward to the first WSOP bracelet of his career…  

Grospellier’s poker career has been very successful. More than $6 million dollars of tournaments profits and victories from the EPT and WPT have made him one of the most dangerous tournament opponents of today. Perhaps this summer the French will join Gavin Griffin and Roland de Wolfe in the small cast of Triple Crown winners (EPT, WPT and WSOP victories)?

Source: WSOP and The Hendon Mob