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2011 WSOP – Bertrand Grospellier Clinches Bracelet
Posted by: James Carter. - Fri, 2011-06-17 04:16
Day 15 of the
2011 WSOP played host to the final stage of the $10k Seven Card Stud World Championship event too. As a matter of fact, it was this event that became responsible for the 3rd bracelet of the day, awarded to none other than
PokerStars’ French pro and the breaker of various online poker records: Bertrand Grospellier.
Due to its large buy-in, the event attracted a select starting field. All the “name” pros attending the Series and not tied up in other events registered for this one. Only 12 of them were still in contention at the beginning of the 3rd day of the tournament. The final table was reached relatively fast. Two players shot out ahead of the rest of the field by that stage: John Hennigan and Steven Landfish. The rest of the final table didn’t look at all shabby though: Chris Tryba, Alexander Kostritsyn, Chad Brown, Bertrand Grospellier and Maxwell Troy were all still in contention.
Start of the final table chip leader John Hennigan only managed to make it to 4th place where he got bounced, his once proud stack finding its way onto someone else’s side of the table to fuel another person’s bracelet hopes.
Landfish did much better though, and he made the heads-up stage against Grospellier, holding a sizeable chip lead over the Frenchman no less.
PokerStars’ ElkY apparently has plenty of experience fighting uphill battles though, and as soon as the heads-up stage commenced, he began chipping away at his opponent’s lead. Soon, he took the lead, and he eventually managed to grind Landfish into the woodwork: Landfish woke up with only 300k chips left.
It was then the new underdog’s turn to attempt a spectacular comeback, and that was exactly what Landfish did: he shoved all-in on a three flush against Grospellier’s J high. The 4th street gave him a flush draw, and the 5th one a pair of 4s. Grospellier picked up a pair of 5s on the 4th street for the lead and for the win.
The Frenchman’s reward was a Championship bracelet and a $331k prize.
