Jennifer welcomes legendary cash game pro Olivier Busquet to the GRID. He’s a two-time European Poker Tour champion, a WPT Champion, and has over nine million dollars in live earnings. Most known for his longevity in online cash and heads-up games, Olivier brings a throwback hand to the GRID. He had King-Jack suited in a Poker After Dark Episode that was filmed over a decade ago in 2011, just before Black Friday changed everything in US poker.

In the fated hand, Olivier is up against David “Viffer” Peat, who opens the button. Olivier three-bets in the big blind with King-Jack of spades and Viffer calls. The flop comes J78 rainbow, no spades and Olivier c-bets 10K into 15K. Viffer calls, with pocket fives, and the turn is another jack. Olivier bets 20K into 35K, and Viffer calls yet again. You’ll never guess what happened on the river–unless you have the imagination of a poker player. 

Mentioned on this episode: 

Olivier’s podcast, Two Lives with Olivier: https://www.twolivespodcast.com/

Doug Polk’s video on the hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rzp2vuXxss

Run it back with Remko: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2bAZuFpadxEX_d5QbaU-N2JKi_ZrnqIt

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