Poker Star and former Starcraft pro gamer Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was stopped in customs. And his money was confiscated, due to the police thinking he was a drug dealer.

Frenchman Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is the most successful poker player ever in the European Tour (EPT). He flew from Barcelona recently, where he played in the EPT tournament. He was then stopped at customs, and it apparently was not the first time.

Anything over $10,000 dollars will usually get you stopped by customs agents, as in many countries you have to fill out a form that says you are limited to whatever amount of money they say you can bring into their country.

The problem was that the customs police did not believe ElkY when he said he was a poker pro. When they found all the money they thought he was a drug dealer.

He then showed the customs police a lot of links to poker articles and pictures of him as a poker player, but that didn’t seem to work either. The money was sent off to Madrid and he must prove that he won it at the casino to get it back.


Source (in Swedish): AftonBladet.se
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