Saturday, May 7, 2011

EPT MADRID HIGH ROLLERS: FAST FIVE - ElkY WINS MADRID HIGH ROLLERS IN A SPRINT


PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Looks like ElkY and the rest of the High Rollers at EPT Madrid had somewhere to be today - maybe they wanted to prepare for Day 1B of the EPT Grand Final? The reason I bring this up? It took about 5 hours to find our EPT Madrid High Rollers Champion - welcome Bertrand Grospellier a.k.a. ElkY to the 2011 scoreboard.

That's right, ElkY has captured the EPT Madrid High Rollers, oh, and €525,000, for his first points of the 2011 PTPR Season. ElkY defeated Benny Spindler heads up.

Spindler was the talk of the Final Table earlier in the day when he clashed with fellow big stack (and the chip leader heading into today's play) Galen Hall. Spindler outlasted Hall in a hand to eliminate the defending PCA Champ.

Hall was very disapointed with his quick exit, he has this to say on his Twitter feed ( @galenhall ) - minutes after elimination:
god im the f+++ing worst out 7th because i am terrible

At that point, ElkY was the short stack at the table!

Another short stack who posted a good comeback was Vanessa Rousso. With little chips, Russo was able to grind it and capture €100,000 for her fifth place finish.

High Stakes regular Juha Helppi is always a threat - and he was rolling until ElkY doubled through him - crippling Helppi along the way.

Here are the Final Table payouts:
1 ElkY, France, €525,000
2 Benny Spindler, Germany, €316,000
3 Juha Helppi, Finland, €185,000
4 David Sands, USA, €135,000
5 Vanessa Rousso, USA, €100,000
6 Alex Repik, Russia, €72,000
7 Galen Hall, USA, €57,500
8 Peter Jetten, Canada ,€45,000


PTPR TIER 3 EVENT
European Poker Tour Madrid Grand Final
EPT Madrid Grand Final High Rollers
May 5-7, 2011

Casino Gran Madrid
Madrid, ESP

Buy-in: $35,835
Prizepool: $2,057,790
Entries: 58

Defending Champion: Tobias Reinkemeir

FINAL RESULTS
BERTRAND GROSPELLIER "ElkY" 100
BENJAMIN SPINDLER 60
JUHA HELPPI 35
DAVID SANDS 25
VANESSA ROUSSO 18
ALEX REPIK 10
GALEN HALL 8
PETER JETTEN 5

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