Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier leaves PokerStars after 11.5 years, leaving Lee Davy scratching his head as to PokerStars’ strategy for hiring and firing company ambassadors.

In 2008, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) for $2m. The former StarCraft ace had announced his arrival on a much more lucrative stage. Over the next decade, partnering with PokerStars, ElkY became the first person to become Supernova and Supernova Elite, won the live Triple Crown, and created a few Guinness World Records along the way. The Frenchman also became the first player to represent an online poker room and esports team when he joined Team Liquid as a Hearthstone player.

ElkY will dye his hair green one day, and bleach it white the next. He travels the world playing video games for a living, and dates beautiful women who travel the world playing video games for a living. He has a Twitch Channel that commands the interest of over 53,000 people.

If anyone fits the mould of a sponsored player, it’s ElkY.