Olivier Busquet

Olivier Busquet

Nationality
United States
United States
GPI Rank 165,779
WPT Wins 1
Total Live Earnings $9,008,167
The Hendon Mob Data provided by The Hendon Mob

Biography

Olivier Busquet, born August 22, 1981 in New York City, is a long-time high-stakes poker player with an impressive resume. The poker pro is a Cornell University graduate with a degree in philosophy. Prior to taking on poker as a career, he spent some time working on Wall Street.

Busquet's skills span far beyond the live poker scene as he was long considered one of the top heads-up online specialists. He's crushed it in cash games, tournaments, and as an online poker grinder. And he's done so for many years.

On top of proving his skills on the felt, Busquet has done some impressive work off the felt, most notably as a commentator for the WPT Alpha8 tour on Fox Sports. He also competed against and defeated fellow poker player J.C. Alvarado in a 2016 mixed martial arts (MMA) match.

Intro

In the live tournament streets, the New Yorker has proven his abilities with over $9 million in cashes, according to The Hendon Mob. That's even more impressive when you consider he essentially stopped playing poker professionally and regularly in 2020.

Around the time COVID hit, Busquet left the live poker world, although he still occasionally resurfaces. Busquet's most memorable win came in September 2010 when he took down the $3,500 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City, New Jersey for $925,514.

That wasn't his biggest cash, however. In August 2014, at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Barcelona series, he won a $50,000 buy-in high roller for $1,188,986, beating Dan Colman, another poker legend who mostly stepped away from the game around the same time, heads-up for the title.

At the World Series of Poker (WSOP), Busquet is still in search of his first gold bracelet, but he's cashed in 42 bracelet events along with two WSOP Circuit tournaments.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet Events
Event #1: $500 No-Limit Hold'em Kick-Off
192nd $849
2020 Borgata Winter Poker Open
$3,500 WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship
49th $12,517
2019 Borgata Poker Open
Event #12: $1,090 Six-Max NLH
8th $7,100
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
259th $43,935
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
5th $154,112
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria
$10,300 Main Event
63rd $25,000
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,620 No-Limit Hold'em Marathon
77th $5,444
2019 World Series of Poker
Event #19: Millionaire Maker - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
93rd $10,399
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
26th $13,132
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
73rd $7,435
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #56: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
61st $9,466
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #42: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship
32nd $18,386
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
21st $19,604
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
6th $56,909
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #3: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em SHOOTOUT
5th $56,397
2016 RunGood Poker Series Hard Rock Tulsa
$675 Main Event
24th $1,784
2015 WinStar River Poker Series
Main Event
13th $20,000
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
€5,300 Main Event
119th €9,120
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
€5,300 Main Event
82nd €11,920
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 Main Event
641st $18,406
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona
€50,000 Super High Roller
1st €896,434
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #62: The $1,111 Little One for One Drop
305th $2,306
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
23rd $18,095
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #15: $3,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
20th $15,567
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #11: $1,500 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
69th $4,242
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #4: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
126th $2,401
2014 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final
€100,000 Super High Roller
8th €241,000
2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo
€4,900 Main Event
27th €15,130
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
21st $65,260
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
€10,300 High Roller
2nd €257,850
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
12th $46,870
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em
9th $384,122
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed)
51st $9,240
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #28: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
26th $15,389
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
15th €33,000
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,000 Main Event
19th $56,000
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max
39th $9,503
2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione
Main Event
2nd €430,000
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Madrid
Main Event
34th €11,000
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
46th $13,176
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed
33rd $13,637
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #2: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
12th $67,436
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
Main Event
17th $12,000
2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
7th $75,000
2011 EPT Deauville
Main Event
91st €9,000
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
91st $23,500
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
23rd $13,907
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
243rd $3,093
2010 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final - Monte Carlo
High Roller
2nd €597,000
2010 NAPT Venetian
2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event
40th $16,071
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
311th $29,911
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 24 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
162nd $3,044
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
12th $47,501
2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
244th $35,383
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
42nd $12,650

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