Seat 5: Arnaud Enselme, 29, from Bordeaux, France, now resides in Tas-Sliema, Malta – 3,415,000 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo

In only a few years, Arnaud Enselme’s poker career has taken on a new dimension. Beginning at the smallest limits in the .fr cardrooms, he is now comfortable at the biggest buy-ins of .com. The 29-year-old Frenchman has gone through all the stages in online and live MTT and is now one of the best French regulars, recognized by his peers.

Formerly a high-level sport sailor, Enselme has successfully made the transition to professional poker. He has already recorded more than $1.2 million in career live earnings and despite a few wins including a WSOPC ring, a spadie in Prague in a hyper-turbo and WSOP Online bracelet, Enselme has still not gone the distance in a truly prestigious live tournament.

"Being deep in an EPT has been a dream of mine since I started playing poker,” he says. “The EPT circuit is the most prestigious for me. I realize how lucky I am to still be in this tournament and close to realizing my dream."

Enselme has been playing poker for almost 10 years and knows Samy Boujmala, the other Frenchman in this final, well. They started out playing together on .fr sites.

"It's amazing to share this with Samy, we've known each other for a long time, we're going to be linked for life!" Enselme says.

For the final, Enselme will be able to count on the support of his father and his girlfriend on the rail as well as from the whole French community, both on-site and from afar.