The French Team PokerStars member Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier won the $10k Seven Card Stud Championship yesterday and got his first WSOP bracelet and $331,639 in prize money. But that's not all. ElkY became the third French WSOP Champ in history and the 4th poker player ever to complete poker's triple crown (WPT title, EPT title and WSOP bracelet). The 3 other players who have accomplished the tri[...] Read more » 2011 WSOP: ElkY has completed poker's triple crown!
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Another player joins the list of Triple Crown champions Bertrand Grospellier must be really happy about his friend introducing poker to him? Or could his friend be pissed that he thought he was the best and got beaten by his student?
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This year's WSOP is full of surprises and new achievments. I was reading about Elky and i was already remembering Cody before i read it ahead in the text. This tourney will sure be remembered for its importance in terms of players achievements. In terms of country, being the third french to win in WSOP isnt big deal, but sure is to do the triple crown!
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from cyber games to poker legend - wow but he been having an awesome career with big wins both live and online and im sure theres much more to come from him.