Seat 6: Fabrice “FabSoul” Soulier, 42, Avignon, France – 3,480,000
Soulier is ranked fourth in France’s all time money list with over $3.6 million in live tournament winnings. He’s been well known in Europe for many years but it was taking down the 2011 WSOP $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship for more than $600,000 that gave him worldwide renown. Other notable cashes include third at the Partouche Main Event in September 2010 for €500,000 (the event won by Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst), third in the Epic Poker League last September and 49th in the 2009 WSOP Main Event for $138,568. He has a total of 18 WSOP cashes as well as deep runs in several EPTs. Last season he finished 11th at EPT Berlin, 48th at EPT San Remo, 19th at EPT Deauville and 64th at EPT Prague – but Campione is his first EPT final table. Soulier was originally a film and TV director but, after winning a couple of large poker tournaments in France, abandoned that career to grind live cash games in the States. He was the top earning French player from 2001-2006 and, according to Cardplayer, one of the top five players in the world in 2006. He has appeared on numerous TV poker shows and was the main character featured in the 2006 PokerStars-sponsored documentary “That's Poker.” Soulier is co-founder of the “Madeinpoker” online poker community.