Bertrand grospellier biography of williams
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A look back at EPT London
Victoria Coren, Team PokerStars Pro
The biggest week in London's poker history is over. It feels like the end of Christmas: all sad because the sparkly excitement is finished for a whole year and (having sat on my backside for a solid week, nipping out to McDonald's in the breaks) I also now need to lose about 20 pounds. Even with the extra weight, what an incredible week it was -- three major back-to-back tournaments and plenty of action in between.
It began with the WSOP Europe, in which I played well enough to survive for three long days, then managed to get knocked out just nine players off the money. What an idiot! I was depressed as all hell afterward. So close, so close It's like working hard for a college degree, but not quite hard enough, and just failing by the skin of your teeth. You look back and think, "Hey, I might as well have spent the whole time drinking and jumping naked into lakes. I'd still have failed."
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World Series of Poker Day Grospellier, Somerville, and Hays Win Bracelets
Three WSOP bracelets were awarded on Day 15 of the World Series of Poker. In addition, the Year of the Woman at the WSOP continues as another woman made a final table. The money bubble was burst in the $2, Eight-Game Mix and a final table reached in the $1, Pot-Limit Omaha. Finally, the $5, No-Limit Hold&#;em Shootout and the $1, Stud 8 or Better began play.
Event # $1, No-Limit Hold&#;em
Six players returned on Tuesday to play to the bracelet in the $1, No-Limit Hold&#;em Event. Foster Hays led the way with million and Jeffrey Lavelle was his closest challenger holding million.
It took less than an hour to reach heads-up play. Foster Hays faced Casey Kelton heads-up and started the match with over a chip lead. Kelton doubled up twice to take the chip lead, and it seemed that momentum had shifted into his favor; however, a pair of failed bluff attempts came back later to haunt him.
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Hand History Time Capsule: Bertrand ‘ElkY’ Grospellier
In this new series, “Hand History Time Capsule,” Card Player digs up memorable hands to help you relive, or perhaps discover for the first time, pivotal situations from some of poker’s most exciting moments.
In the World Poker Tour Festa al Lago main event, players put up the $15, buy-in to create a nearly $ million prize pool and a first-place prize of $ million. The dominant force heading into the final table was France’s Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, who had more than a third of the chips in play. A former professional video game player, Grospellier had quickly proven han själv on the international poker tournament circuit with a huge win at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $2 million and a runner-up finish at the European Poker Tour Copenhagen main event.
Although Grospellier held the chip lead, it was far from a sure thing. He was up against some tough competition, which included Nenad Medic and Nam Le, who a