Seat 8: Bruno Launais, 24, Montpellier, France - 1,515,000 chips
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Launais has been playing poker for six years now and has been a pro for the last three. The Frenchman is principally a high-stakes short-handed online cash game player, and typical of good players has a formidably aggressive style.
He first came to notice in 2009, finishing seventh at the EPT Deauville in season five, earning €108,300 in his first ever live event. Launais cashed twice at the World Series of Poker this summer, including a fourth place in the $5k NLHE Six-Handed event, worth $173,000. He also cashed at EPT Prague last season and won a Partouche event in Cannes last year, collecting €60,242 . It’s a record that makes Launais one of the most promising new players in the game.