Rock'n'Roll StarCraft Star and Poker Millionaire - 'Reflections' with ElkY (BW/Poker)
597StarCraft and Poker Legend ElkY reflects.
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Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, French top StarCraft Brood War player in Korea in the early 2000s and many time poker champion since, is the star of the 156th Episode of 'Reflections'. He talks about his pioneering career in StarCraft and his fabulous success since transitioning to poker.
This interview was recorded on the 18th of June.
► Time-line of topics discussed:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Work ethic
08:16 Early days of playing StarCraft
11:13 Early day in Korea
13:19 Playing Terran
14:37 WCG 2001 runner-up
16:25 Mentality
19:14 BoxeR in his prime
21:08 YellOW in ZvT
23:28 Grrrr... and practice
25:33 StarCraft in Korean culture
28:27 Showmanship and popularity
31:16 Qualification grind and workload
35:33 Could he have been a champion?
37:39 Partying
38:52 WarCraft3
40:58 Poker vs. StarCraft
44:28 Cheaters in StarCraft
46:06 Tournaments and cash games in poker
52:31 Meta-game of poker
55:20 Mentality for bubble and final table
57:09 Lucky in poker?
58:16 Significance of winning
59:27 2008 EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
1:00:16 Peak and surreal success
1:03:35 Best ex-esports poker player?
1:05:15 Poker pros with gaming backgrounds?
1:05:43 Seven card stud WSOP bracelet
1:07:45 Player with a BoxeR-esque aura
1:08:49 Daniel Negreanu's reading skills
1:10:23 Dedication
1:12:04 Would he come back to esports?
1:13:52 French culture
1:16:22 Final words
The written interview with Grrrr... referenced a number of times:
https://web.archive.org/web/20130630105054/http://www.aceresport.com/uk/content/220.htm
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