1. 01-11-14 06:41 PM #1
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    Gus Hansen

    This guy is down 11 million bucks on FTP, far and away the biggest loser in online poker history.

    He is the posterboy for FTP and results wise is the worst player on earth

    What gives?
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  2. 01-11-14 08:04 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunch View Post
    This guy is down 11 million bucks on FTP, far and away the biggest loser in online poker history.

    He is the posterboy for FTP and results wise is the worst player on earth

    What gives?
    dirty harry comes to mind.... "man's got to know his limitations....."
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  3. 01-13-14 05:57 PM #3
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    he plays like me
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  4. 01-13-14 06:06 PM #4
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    I checked his actual stats and Gus is stuck more like 15 million online. He must have some awesome backers, investments and assets to keep this up.

    Imagine your average day is losing 112k
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  5. 01-16-14 01:48 AM #5
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    The madman is the greatest. He's deadly live but sucks online.
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  6. 01-16-14 08:33 AM #6
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    He's a bad degen. The pit probably gets most of what he makes at the poker tables. I remember him telling a story about getting stuck at an airport and betting people which bird would fly off a fence first.
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  7. 01-16-14 08:51 AM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by daneblazer View Post
    He's a bad degen... I remember him telling a story about getting stuck at an airport and betting people which bird would fly off a fence first.
    Yep.

    He & I bet on the reg what time each day Carseller is gonna make a begging post.
    Fukker owes me more than Wulfman's debt.
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  8. 01-16-14 02:46 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunch View Post
    This guy is down 11 million bucks on FTP, far and away the biggest loser in online poker history.

    He is the posterboy for FTP and results wise is the worst player on earth

    What gives?
    if you want to make it in poker #1 thing just like sports betting is you have to have bank roll management. Never seen Gus play online but his live play is fantastic. Im sure he is still up money. Just chasing online
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  9. 01-16-14 04:28 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunch View Post
    This guy is down 11 million bucks on FTP, far and away the biggest loser in online poker history.

    He is the posterboy for FTP and results wise is the worst player on earth

    What gives?
    Even though Gus has terrible online results, this guy (Guy!) has to be the all time "loser" win/lose $$ wise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GUMMO77 View Post
    Even though Gus has terrible online results, this guy (Guy!) has to be the all time "loser" win/lose $$ wise.

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    No doubt...remember reading he pumped 30 million easily into the poker community in like a ~3-4yr span
    Good to be a billionaire. Who knew riding a unicycle on the streets would work out so well. Silly Canadians.

    And lest we not forget Larry Flynt and his millions dumped... although, personally, I think he did more interesting things in his youth then riding a unicycle and juggling.

    IMHO, Gus is hurting for money in his personal life and better hope his 'friends' don't desert him anytime soon.
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  11. 01-16-14 09:26 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by GUMMO77 View Post
    Even though Gus has terrible online results, this guy (Guy!) has to be the all time "loser" win/lose $$ wise.

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    what ws his user name way back?

    it amazes me that billionaires can do anything they want, yet some choose to play poker
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  12. 01-17-14 08:01 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunch View Post
    what ws his user name way back?

    it amazes me that billionaires can do anything they want, yet some choose to play poker
    http://www.pokerlistings.com/poker-s-greatest-all-time-whales-guy-laliberte

    "If Phil Ivey is the poster child for winning at online poker then Laliberté is the poster child for losing at online poker.
    In early 2009 Laliberté was rumored to be playing on Full Tilt Poker under five different screen names including noatima, patatino and LadyMarmalade. Those accounts lost a combined $17.1 million on Full Tilt in 2008 alone.
    Laliberté's slide only got worse. According to estimates his total losses at online poker are around $26 million lifetime. The biggest beneficiaries? Tom "durrrr" Dwan, Phil Galfond and the Dang brothers, Di and Hac."
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