Olivier Busquet Beats Dan Colman To Win EPT Barcelona High Roller

An elite field of pros turned out for the EPT Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller, and after three days of action Olivier Busquet managed to progress all the way to heads-up where he eventually overcame final opponent the 2014 WSOP Big One for One Drop champion Daniel Colman, to claim the title, as well as the €896,434 ($1,188,996) first place prize.
Although Busquet now boasts $5,875,066 in live tournament earnings, the 32-year-old pro’s latest victory was just the second time he has managed to win a live tournament outright, the last time coming in 2009 at the WPT $3,500 Borgata Poker Open which he won for $925,514. Commenting after his impressive win in Spain, Busquet tweeted:
“I won a live tournament 4 the 2nd time in my life today: 50k Euro SHR for over 1M USD in Barcelona beating my best friend HU…fairy tale.. Oh ya and with 8 people left I was all in with A2 vs KK for my tournament life -the flop came K88 and somehow won the hand….sicklife.”
A total of 58 players shelled out the €50,000 buy-in to enter the Super High Roller, and with 19 further rebuys a prize pool of €3,697,155 ($4,952,785) was created. At the final table, Olivier Busquet (A-A) then proceeded to eliminate Dan Shak (A-8) in 8th for €138,600, before picking up A-A again and doing likewise to Morten Klein (A-Q) in 7th (€177,500).
Next, Olivier Busquet sent Sam Trickett to the rail in 5th (€288,400), and after Busquet (5-5) knocked out Vladimir Troyanovsky (A-8) in 3rd, heads-up play got underway between Busquet and Daniel Colman for the EPT title.
As the final battle commenced, Olivier Busquet held a 10.48m to 8.775m chip advantage over Coleman, and the two players subsequently agreed a deal that would see Busquet guaranteed a minimum of €866,434 and Colman €843,066 with a further €30,000 going to the eventual champion. Following a tough heads-up, Busquet was able to reduce his opponent to just 12bb when Colman was all-in with A-K. Busquet made the call with Q-J and after the board rolled out 8-2-2-Q-10 Olivier Busquet was crowned the 2014 EPT Barcelona Super High Roller winner.
Final Table Results:
1 Olivier Busquet €896,434*
2 Daniel Colman      €843,066*
3 V. Troyanovskiy €473,200
4 Scott Seiver      €364,200
5 Sam Trickett      €288,400
6 Sven Reichardt  €225,500
7 Morten Klein      €177,500
8 Dan Shak      €138,600