Bertrand Grospellier Wins $776,000 at World Poker Tour

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier from France finished thrid in yesterday’s World Poker Tour Five Star World Poker Classic at Bellagio, Las Vegas collecting $776,245 for his efforts.

Scotty Nguyen was the first to be ousted from the six-handed final earning $285,985 with Shannon Shorr busting next for $408,550.

Christian "charder30" Harder and ElkY were eliminated in the same hand when Ran Azor came from behind with the worst hand of the trio, hitting a pair. Harder moved all in from the button for 1.9 million and  Azor called from the small blind. Bertrand Grospellier moved all in over the top from the big blind for 2,790,000 and Azor called that as well.

Grospellier showed the best hand with A J, Harder had the next best hand with A 8 and Azor showed A 7.





The board came K 7 3 Q 2, however, and Azor’s pair of sevens eliminated both Harder and Grospellier. Harder finished in fourth place and earned $571,965 because he had the shorter stack. Grospellier finished in third place and earned $776,245.

Twenty-one-year-old Yevgeniy "Jovial Gent" Timoshenko (pictured above) from Canada won the event and the $2.15 million first prize when he raised all in with A-3 and was called by Azor and Q-10. Azor hit a queen on the flop, propelling him into the lead but Timoshenko hit running cards for a broadway straight and ultimate victory.

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