Seat 4: Bruno ��Kool Shen�� Lopes, 46, France - 1,452,000
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Rap star Bruno ��Kool Shen�� Lopes is one of those rare people who seems to excel in every thing they do. As a teenager, he was an outstanding football player and nearly turned pro when he was offered the chance to play for the town of Lens. He said: ��I didn��t do it. I went to New York instead.�� At the time, Lopes was the National Breakdance Champion of France and for next three years, he and his friends made a living busking as breakdancers and graffiti artists. In 1987, Lopes formed NTM �C originally as a graffiti group then as a rap outfit. ��Kool Shen�� became a major star and the group went double-platinum. Lopes�� hit ��Un Ange dans Le Ciel�� has had more than five million hits on YouTube.
Lopes first started playing poker (five-card draw) when he was 13. He then forgot all about poker for 25 years until he saw it on television in 2005. He began playing EPTs in Season 5 and min-cashed EPT San Remo. The following year, he cashed in San Remo again, and then had a deep run at the EPT6 Grand Final, finishing 42nd for �30,000. His biggest cash was in January when he beat a 108-strong field at the 2012 EFOP in Paris for �100,000. He was an overnight chip leader at EPT Deauville a few days later, eventually finishing 73rd for �11,000. Last month he came seventh at WPT Mauritius. His live tournament winnings now total nearly $400,000 but he still earns his main living from music. This is his fifth EPT Main Event cash.