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Kool Shen Wins WPT National Cannes Main Event

Rapper Bruno Lopes Takes Down €108,000 in Southern France

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French rap star Bruno Lopes, aka Kool Shen, has added another notch to his poker belt with victory over 337 opponents at last weekend’s €1,500 + €150 buy in main event at World Poker Tour National Cannes in the southern French resort.

Lopes, who also won the Euro Finals of Poker main event in Paris in January, lifted the top prize of €108,000 plus a WPT Grand Prix de Paris buy in.

The total prize pool on offer at Casino Barriere was €486,720 and 45 players got paid.

The final table results were:

1: Bruno Lopes (Kool Shen) — €108 000
2: Anonymous — €70,500
3: Yannick Massa — €45,500
4: Robert Giordano — €33,500
5: Tomas Fara — €25,500
6: Antonin Teisseire — €20,520
7: Laurent Michot — €16,500
8: Alain Benamar — €13,000
9: Stephane Benibida — €10,000