Isnt elkY a sponsored player - is he a donk?

sumoward

This guy is a sponsored player.

Is this a good play?

okerStars Game #12098571175: Tournament #60483030, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1000/2000) - 2007/09/16 - 19:41:47 (ET)
Table '60483030 175' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Moresby111 (44625 in chips)
Seat 2: sabbis (45220 in chips)
Seat 3: WP1979 (116861 in chips)
Seat 4: CloserkinG (74870 in chips)
Seat 5: kasa1972 (74107 in chips)
Seat 6: postmannen (92036 in chips)
Seat 7: krthor (60260 in chips)
Seat 8: ElkY (51168 in chips)
Seat 9: zlattee_ (13355 in chips)
Moresby111: posts the ante 200
sabbis: posts the ante 200
WP1979: posts the ante 200
CloserkinG: posts the ante 200
kasa1972: posts the ante 200
postmannen: posts the ante 200
krthor: posts the ante 200
ElkY: posts the ante 200
zlattee_: posts the ante 200
kasa1972: posts small blind 1000
postmannen: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
krthor: folds
ElkY: raises 4000 to 6000
zlattee_: folds
Moresby111: folds
sabbis is disconnected
sabbis has timed out while disconnected
sabbis: folds
sabbis is sitting out
WP1979: calls 6000
CloserkinG: folds
kasa1972: folds
postmannen: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 9h 7h]
ElkY: checks
WP1979: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah 9h 7h] [9d]
ElkY: checks
WP1979: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ah 9h 7h 9d] [9s]
sabbis is connected
sabbis has returned
ElkY: bets 14000
WP1979: calls 14000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ElkY: shows [Qc Th] (three of a kind, Nines)
WP1979: shows [5c Ac] (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
WP1979 collected 44800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 44800 | Rake 0
Board [Ah 9h 7h 9d 9s]
Seat 1: Moresby111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sabbis folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: WP1979 showed [5c Ac] and won (44800) with a full house, Nines full of Aces
Seat 4: CloserkinG (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kasa1972 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: postmannen (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: krthor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ElkY showed [Qc Th] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 9: zlattee_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Rb

I don't understand his sponsorship myself tbh.
A quick look at his sharkscope stats and the mind boggles.

sumoward

He did get a bit screwed here. This was a tournie with a $11 buy -in. he made about 80 bucks.



PokerStars Game #12098634631: Tournament #60483030, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (1000/2000) - 2007/09/16 - 19:45:25 (ET)
Table '60483030 175' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Moresby111 (44225 in chips)
Seat 2: sabbis (44820 in chips)
Seat 3: WP1979 (141261 in chips)
Seat 4: CloserkinG (74470 in chips)
Seat 5: kasa1972 (72707 in chips)
Seat 6: postmannen (29776 in chips)
Seat 7: krthor (121520 in chips)
Seat 8: ElkY (30768 in chips)
Seat 9: zlattee_ (12955 in chips)
Moresby111: posts the ante 200
sabbis: posts the ante 200
WP1979: posts the ante 200
CloserkinG: posts the ante 200
kasa1972: posts the ante 200
postmannen: posts the ante 200
krthor: posts the ante 200
ElkY: posts the ante 200
zlattee_: posts the ante 200
krthor: posts small blind 1000
ElkY: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
zlattee_: folds
Moresby111: folds
sabbis: folds
WP1979: folds
CloserkinG: folds
kasa1972: raises 2000 to 4000
postmannen: folds
krthor: folds
ElkY: calls 2000
*** FLOP *** [4h 7s 6s]
ElkY: checks
kasa1972: bets 2000
ElkY: raises 10000 to 12000
kasa1972: calls 10000
*** TURN *** [4h 7s 6s] [7h]
ElkY: bets 14568 and is all-in
kasa1972: calls 14568
*** RIVER *** [4h 7s 6s 7h] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ElkY: shows [8d 9s] (a pair of Sevens)
kasa1972: shows [Ts Kh] (a pair of Sevens - King kicker)
kasa1972 collected 63936 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 63936 | Rake 0
Board [4h 7s 6s 7h Qc]
Seat 1: Moresby111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: sabbis folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: WP1979 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: CloserkinG folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kasa1972 showed [Ts Kh] and won (63936) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 6: postmannen (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: krthor (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: ElkY (big blind) showed [8d 9s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 9: zlattee_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Flushdraw

He's sponsored by Pokerstars. Just use the search for a team pokerstars player option and he's usually in a ton of MTTs and STTs and the odd cash game

sumoward

Flushdraw wrote:

He's sponsored by Pokerstars. Just use the search for a team pokerstars player option and he's usually in a ton of MTTs and STTs and the odd cash game

checked it out he is on at least 6, mixture of tournies and sit and goes.

Requiem4adream

It seems to me that a huge pre-requisite in attaining stars sponsorship like Elky or stevejpa is a big finish in a mainstream event. Elky's 2nd in EPT Copenhagen + his status in the pro-gaming industry (no idea myself but this is the pokerstars line i imagine) + the fact that he's a huge rake generator on stars, kinda makes sense in a few respects.

The mind-boggling thing about Elky is this: sharkscope has him down as a big loser in mtt, his profit in online mtt since '03 is estimated at 95k (over 4 years is pathetic really) and im informed by many high stakes cash game players that he is a pretty consistent loser in that discipline. In terms of talent or profit , stars coulda picked any number of people ahead of him , but im sure they have their reasons.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=39879

RoundTower

I don't see what's wrong with either of those hands but I have heard he is not very good.

hotspur

Elky was one of the best HU players on Stars a couple of years ago. I'm not sure if that is still the case but he's definitely a HU specialist notwithstanding his huge multitabling sit n go behaviour. I think labeling him as a losing player is wide of the mark and I certainly wouldn't want to sit across from him HU at a cash table, and I used to play cash tables with him.

sumoward

In fairness to him I have watched some of his Starcraft competitions and he is top Notch.

I also checked last night to see what he ws doing and he had as many as 8 tables open.

The C Kid

Elky's stats are skewered from playing basically 24/7 for god's knows how long to achieve supernova status.

The benefits of being supernova far exceed losing a couple of thousand in SNGs. He's been around for a long long time now, and thats pretty much half the battle.

cardshark202

For someone who plays as much as he does, he should be amazing by now. Clearly he isn't though.

MrPillowTalk

I knocked him out of the Dublin EPT last year, I watched him fairly closely for an hour or so and was very surprised at how average he was.

Eventually when he got fairly short, he kept opening pots then folding to a reraise, he anted himself down to 3bbs before sticking it in.

He probably is very good though, he has been around a good while.

Flushdraw

MrPillowTalk wrote:

I knocked him out of the Dublin EPT last year, I watched him fairly closely for an hour or so and was very surprised at how average he was.

Eventually when he got fairly short, he kept opening pots then folding to a reraise, he anted himself down to 3bbs before sticking it in.

He probably is very good though, he has been around a good while.

You might get the chance again, he qualified on stars last week through a satellite.

MrPillowTalk

Flushdraw wrote:

You might get the chance again, he qualified on stars last week through a satellite.

Barring a good run Im pretty sure this years EPT will be kicking off without me unfortunately.

Flushdraw

MrPillowTalk wrote:

Barring a good run Im pretty sure this years EPT will be kicking off without me unfortunately.

Take down the headsup league and you're 1/5th of the way there! Get Hali to take another 2/5ths, sell 1/5th and put up 1/5th. Piece of p!ss Eoin!

MrPillowTalk

Flushdraw wrote:

Take down the headsup league and you're 1/5th of the way there! Get Hali to take another 2/5ths, sell 1/5th and put up 1/5th. Piece of p!ss Eoin!

lol will try

mrflash

It would not surprise me in the slightest if he has a share in Pokerstars.