Elk Tracks

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is not enjoying a productive start to his day. Stopping by his table, we caught up with him involved in a pot with Patrik Kaltrud. With fourth street out, the board showed {2-Hearts}

. After a Kaltrud check, ElkY fired out 9,300 into a pot of about 12,000. His opponent didn't waste any time calling.

The river came the {8-Hearts}

, and Kaltrud checked again. The Elk grimaced a bit and checked behind. Kaltrud was first to show, turning up {J-Diamonds}

. ElkY flashed his barely-pipped {10-Spades}

as he flung his cards into the muck.

On the next hand, Grospellier opened the pot to 2,300 from middle position, and Stefan Mattsson three-bet him to 5,700 from the button. ElkY called, and the two men saw a flop of {J-Hearts}

. Mattsson continued out with a bet of 6,200 which ElkY called, and they check-checked the {K-Diamonds}

on the turn. The river was the raggy {3-Hearts}

, and ElkY passed again. Mr. Mattsson figured 16,000 was the right amount for a river bet, and it was indeed good enough to win him the pot after a few sideways looks from the man across the felt.

ElkY's slipped back to about 81,000 here in the early going.