Not to be confused with the protagonist in author Jean-François Parot’s series of mystery novels, Nicolas Le Floch is a full-time poker player from Montrouge, France. Like many in this day and age, he got started playing freerolls online, gradually moving up in stakes and trying his hand at both sit and gos and multi-table tournaments.

In the years leading up to the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event, he had split his time between live and internet poker. His online play is focused on ACF Poker, a member of bwin.party’s PartyPoker Network, where he plays multi-table tournaments and heads-up matches.

He plays MTT’s not just to make money, but also to qualify for live tournaments. He qualified for the 2012 Barriere Poker Tour Main Event via his online play and turned that into a fourth place finish, good for over $22,000. That allowed him to test his skills at the World Series of Poker Europe, where he placed 122nd.

Le Floch’s largest cash came in November 2012 when he finished as the runner-up in the World Poker Tour National Series stop in Grussan, a run worth over $75,000.

Regardless of where he finished in the World Series of Poker Main Event, this was the biggest payday of Le Floch’s live tournament career. He did himself some favors at the end of Day 5, as he took back-to-back pots to push his stack to over 4.0 million chips. He was the aggressor in the first hand, 3betting pre-flop against formidable opponent Yevgeniy Jovial Gent Timoshenko, although he slowed down with a check on the K-T-9 flop.

After Timoshenko checked, Le Floch picked it back up, leading out on the turn and forcing Timoshenko to fold. The next hand, He caught a lucky ten on the flop against Jackie Glazer, allowing his K-T to beat her A-K. It helped that a king fell on the river, allowing him to grab some extra chips from the Main Event’s last woman standing.