ElKy gediskwalificeerd in WCOOP event 29

Professioneel pokerspeler “ElkY” Bertrand Grospellier is door Pokerstars gediskwalifieerd in het $500 rebuy WCOOP event 29. In dit event had Elky maar liefst 18 rebuys gedaan en uiteindelijk leverde hem dit ongeveer $ 17.000 aan prijzengelden op. Dit prijzengeld moet hij nu afstaan. Wat was er aan de hand?

In de chat sprak ElKy met Brainwash af om beide de volgende handen all in te gaan. Het fraudedetectie team van Pokerstars vond dit samenspelen en heeft om die reden ElKy gediskwalificeerd. Brainwash komt er af met een schorsing van een week. Op een buitenlands forum legt ElKy uit:

I was 30 mins late into the tournament, with only 1 hour rebuy period so i felt in a gambling mood and i missed something.
I then agreed with brainwash to go all in next hand no matter what, and we did it for 3 hands, then agreed to keep doing it until one of us wishes to stop.

Then a hand came up where i was bb, but utg and utg+1 limped for 30 at 15/30, brainwash and me had 8k stacks. This was obviously a trap situation for us, so i said in chat, yeah its suspicious, we can skip that hand, where he was timing his button.

I really didn’t think we had an edge because everytime it was folded to one of us, he would go ai blind and other would call, giving huge equity to the rest of the table.

I honestly didn’t notice chat much up until sheets came as observer and i realized it was “forbidden”. So brainwash and me instantly apologized and we stopped doing it.

I remember doing it a while back, maybe few years back in a 100r with imperium and we never got anything for it.

I’ve been a pro for a while but as you guys know, beside this site that i consult very often even if i don’t write much, i don’t spend much times on forum or community sites, so i never knew about the annette-charder situation before sheets talked in chat on my table.

I honestly don’t believe it’s fair that stars took all my winnings, as i spent 9k in the tourney lol but whatever. I don’t hate you wobbly either, i’m just sorry for you that you couldn’t realize i was doing such a -ev move and in no way intended to cheat, then making thread and calling me a cheater because i broke a fishy rule, when you had no clue about my real intentions, but its ok.

I love poker, and i’ll always try to do what’s right for the game.”

Duidelijk is dat ElKy niet de intentie had om de boel te belazeren. Pokerstars echter vind dat ElKy gezien zijn ervaring en zijn voorbeeldfunctie als lid van Team Pokerstars beter had moeten weten.