Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier wins WPT Festa Al Lago

[Degen]

And some funny looking Danish guy is in the interview too...

http://worldpokertour.com/


$1.4 Million, WOW

[mustardeggs]

$1.4 Million, WOW

wow I want to be that guy

also nenad medic made 4th place in the tournament, hes a FTP red pro. Not that it matters anyway:rolleyes:

[Slinky]

Thats alot of money .. very nice :D

[Buldermar]

Elky used to be a professional StarCraft player (I've played SC a lot). He lost one of the biggest StarCraft events to "SlayerS'BoXeR'", who has been the biggest name in StarCraft for a long time. After he lost this match he started playing onlinepoker with much succes. He usually played a couple tournaments while playing SNG's and cashgames too. :P
So.. he actually used the nickname ElkY long before he started playing poker.. interresting huh? Guess not..

[Slinky]

What is professional starcraft? :o:o

[Buldermar]

Here is a link to some info about the game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starcraft
Here is a link to the match between the two mentioned people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBk1vul3OHE

StarCraft is a big game in South Korea. Many people consider it their job. They dedicate their lives into playing StarCraft. Those are called professional gamers :P Elky is the guy with sunglasses btw.

[Degen]

thanks for that youtube link. i don't see the fun in that though, all of these former starcraft and warcraft players. just watching them play that game made me bored

[Buldermar]

No offence, but most games are boring unless you put time into learning and understanding the game. I think most people who doesn't know poker would be bored watching High Stakes Poker or Million Dollar Cashgame. I've played ICCup, and I only started enjoying watching StarCraft replays after understanding the various strategies and build orders. :)