Olivier Busquet

Olivier Busquet started his ventures into the competitive world at the tender age of six.

Born on August 22 1981 in New York City, Olivier Busquet started his ventures into the competitive world at the tender age of six. He learned to play chess from his father and before long he was travelling the country playing tournaments. He played for a while, but after entering the high school, he focused more on sports where he managed to have very noticeable results in both track running and basketball. His hard work and great results during high school education opened a place for him at the Cornell University. His initial intention was to major in mathematics, but he ended up graduating with a degree in philosophy instead. After finishing his formal education, he worked on the Wall Street for a few years and during this period he got introduced to poker home games. He immediately liked the game and started playing online. It was not long before he started playing the highest stakes cash games available. He took somewhat unorthodox approach to learning, as he would challenge some of the best poker players to play against him. Although this has probably proven to be an expensive course in poker, he believed that the best way to learn was to play against the people who were better than him. Strategy and competition were the parts of poker that came naturally to Busquet, but bankroll management, tilt control and game selection have proven to be quite a challenge. It took some time and some losses before he eventually found his comfort zone, after which he became the first player to profit $1,000,000 in online sit and go tournaments. Just recently, Busquet fired up quite a discussion in the online poker community when he made a statement via his tweeter that online poker was chess while live poker was checkers. This prompted comments from many well-known players like Daniel Negreanu and started up a really big thread on the 2+2 forum, with people defending their positions with all sorts of arguments. He did say eventually that his statement was perhaps misunderstood and tried to explain more what he was getting at with it. As for his live results, the biggest one came quite early in his career when he won 2009 WPT Borgata Open Event for $925,000, followed by his EPT Monte Carlo High Roller runner-up finish worth nearly $800k. His tournament winnings total $4.2 million, and his other notable poker achievements include two WSOP final table finishes. He also came third in the $25k WCOOP online heads-up event. As for his WPT win, he said it was a dream come true for him.
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Doug Polk & Olivier Busquet Talk Cheating in Poker

With cheating scandals and RTA becoming a daily topic across social media, Doug Polk is joined by Olivier Busquet to discuss every...

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Manz & Busquet: Training Day!

Manz is worried about the PED rumors surrounding Busquet so he hits the streets of Philli to take him on a Rocky inspired workout!...

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Olivier Busquet's SHOCKING PED Test Results REVEALED!!!

On the eve of King of The Hill 3, Manz receives the results to the drug test Olivier Busquet agreed to after his performance at KO...

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King of the Hill 2 - Deeb vs Busquet Round 2

Shaun Deeb gets swept by heads up pro Olivier Busquet in round 2 of their heads up match, part of the Poker Night In America King ...

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KOTH2: Busquet vs Deeb

King Of The Hill 2 is here which is part of the Poker Night In America productions! The event is simple: 4 players pony up $5...

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Published 7 years ago

PokerLife Podcast - With Guest Olivier Busquet

Joey "ChicagoJoey" Ingram chats to poker pro turned MMA fighter Oliver Busquet. The pair talk about Oliviers recent prop bet fight...

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High Stakes MMA Prop Bet - Olivier Busquet vs JC Alvarado

On Thursday, April 21 2016 poker pros Olivier Busquet and JC Alvarado met inside an MMA ring to settle a six-figure bet that has b...

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Rikard Interviews - JC Alvarado

Just one day prior to the much awaited MMA fight between JC Alvarado and Olivier Busquet in Las Vegas (April 21 at 6PM local time)...

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Published 7 years ago

Global Poker League - Americas Week 1 - Match 8 Highlights

Highlights of the Global Poker League Americas Conference Week 1 heads-up match between Olivier Busquet of the LA Sunset and Darre...

8 years ago12,172PokerTube,

Published 8 years ago

Rikard Interviews - Olivier Busquet

Rikard Aberg chats with Oliver Busquet, comparing live to online poker, and also talking about how some of the top players struggl...

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

First Round Matchups Announced For King of the Hill II

Phil Hellmuth will be hoping for a repeat of the ‘white magic’ which he used to defeat Doug Polk and Dan ‘Jungleman’ Cates last month.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

King of the Hill II in October to Feature Hellmuth, Busquet, Deeb and Talbot

The success of the inaugural "King of the Hill" competition in August has prompted Poker Night in America to do it all over again this October in a King of the Hill II.

Poker Pros on Psychedelics

The run up to the WSOP often sees the players chatting about smoking pot, but Olivier Busquet has taken the conversation one step further.

Poker Pro Beaten Up by UFC Champion

​When poker pro JC Alvarado decided to get in some serious training for his much-hyped MMA fight with fellow poker star Olivier Busquet, he probably didn’t expect to get the living daylights knocked out of him.

Colman and Busquet Under Attack: T-Shirts With Political Statements Okay or Not?

In the days following Olivier Busquet's victory in the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller, the media and poker community have given a lot of attention to the American. This time, however, reasons have

WSOP Online Gold Bracelets Plan Splits The Poker Pros

Phil Hellmuth has 15 of them, Phil Ivey and Doyle Brunson 10 each, and 99.9% of poker have none

Poker Pros Wager on Their MMA Fight

Olivier Busquet and JC Alvarado agreed to the fight and in true poker fashion, both players have put down large sums of money on the upcoming duel.

UFC Star Forrest Griffin Shows Jason Somerville Some Illegal Moves

Breaking the rules in poker is one thing, but breaking them in the Octagon is a whole different world of hurt

Who Has Run The Worst in Their Live Tournament Career? Asks Olivier Busquet

The role of luck in poker seems to be the talking point of the week, and Busquet stumped a lot of fans and followers