PokerStars Team Pro (France) Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier currently sits in 18th place of the 2011 World Series of Poker Player of the Year standings with 299.25 points. Grospellier had three cashes prior to this event. Among those, he finished 11th in Event #16: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship for $27,928, and won Event #21: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, banking $331,639.
With a win or a runner-up finish in this event, Grospellier would leapfrog Ben "Benba" Lamb, becoming the POY leader through 46 events.
Chris Moorman will also climb the leaderboard wherever he finishes. Depending on Grospellier's finish, he could also jump into the lead, but only with a win.
Chris Moorman raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and Joe Ebanks called from the small blind. It was heads up to the flop, which saw Ebanks check-fold to a bet of 190,000.
Chris Moorman raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and only Bertrand Grospellier looked him up. When the flop fell , Moorman bet 200,000 and Grospellier simply folded.
Grospellier dropped to 3.95 million while Moorman is up to 3.68 million.
The action folded to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier in the small blind, and he raised to 155,000. Joe Ebanks three-bet to 400,000, and Grospellier folded.
The very next hand, the action folded to Grospellier on the button, and he opened to 125,000. Ebanks surrendered his small blind, but Tristan Wade moved all in from the big. Grospellier mucked, and after two raise-folds, he saw his stack fall to 3.6 million chips.
Action folded to Chris Moorman in the small blind and he bumped it up to 155,000, which Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier called from the big blind. ElkY proceeded to call a bet of 185,000 on the flop, leading to the turn.
This time Moorman checked, ElkY bet 335,000, and the Brit folded. ElkY is up to 4 million while Moorman dropped to 2.9 million.
Joe Ebanks limped in on the button, Chris Moorman checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down . Moorman check-called 60,000 from Ebanks, and both players checked the on the turn.
The river was the , and Moorman led for the first time, firing 125,000. Ebanks folded, and Moorman won the pot.
Action folded to Tristan Wade in the small blind and he raised to 155,000, which prompted Chris Moorman, who was in the big blind, to ask how much his opponent had behind. Wade had about 1.3 back, which inspired Moorman to three-bet to 335,000. Wade responded by moving all in and Moorman made the call.
Wade:
Moorman:
Wade was at risk with the inferior hand. The flop gave both a pair of aces, but Moorman's jack kicker was ahead. The on the turn changed nothing, leaving Wade in need of either a nine on the river to win, or a seven or eight to chop. The that appeared was not what Wade was looking for. He was eliminated from the tournament in fourth place while Moorman chipped up to 4.5 million.
There was a dead button, and Joe Ebanks opened to 125,000 from the cutoff. Chris Moorman three-bet to 345,000 from the small blind, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier four-bet to 775,000 from the big, and both Ebanks and Moorman folded.
Grospellier is up to 4.7 million chips, while Moorman slipped to 4.15 million.
flop, which saw Ebanks check-fold to a bet of 190,000.
, Moorman bet 200,000 and Grospellier simply folded.![[user101598]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
turn.
. Moorman check-called 60,000 from Ebanks, and both players checked the 
on the turn.
, and Moorman led for the first time, firing 125,000. Ebanks folded, and Moorman won the pot.
flop gave both a pair of aces, but Moorman's jack kicker was ahead. The 
on the turn changed nothing, leaving Wade in need of either a nine on the river to win, or a seven or eight to chop. The 
that appeared was not what Wade was looking for. He was eliminated from the tournament in fourth place while Moorman chipped up to 4.5 million.
