Seat 3: Olivier Busquet, 32, Westchester County, USA – 1,038,000
EPT Campione runner-up Busquet first started playing poker in home games while working as a Wall Street trader, then migrated to online poker where he steadily moved up the limits to the $25-$50 games. On one site, Busquet became the first ever player to win seven-figures playing heads-up SNGs and in 2009 he started playing live. He hit the headlines that September when he won WPT Borgata for $925,514. A few months later, Busquet was runner-up in the EPT6 Grand Final High Roller for €597,000 and has since has cashed at the PCA, EPT Deauville and NAPT Mohegan Sun as well as fourth in the EPT London High Roller event in 2011, runner-up at the EPT Prague High Roller this season for €257,850 and runner-up at EPT8 Campione for €430,000.
Widely regarded as one of the best heads-up sit-n-go players in the world, Busquet has made a highly successful move to live poker and has already earned over $4.2 million.
PokerNews caught up with Busquet at the end of play on Day 2:
* Bio courtesy of PokerStars
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,038,000 |