Gus Hansen's nightmare at the poker tables online never seems to end. He has been one of the poker players who have lost the most money ever single week/month this year. Last month, for example, he ended up losing 2.8 milion dollars and took home the first spot in the list of August biggest losers online.
I must admit that he has been very unlucky as well. But still - a big poker star like [...] Read more » HighStakes Report August: Gus Hansen's nightmare continues...
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Australia
Age: 40 (M)
Posts: 6483
Exactly. No contract is bottom-less. You can't just lose never-ending amounts of money.
Also, as I said, I'm fairly sure FTP don't stake the cash games their pro's play, I think Stojaca mis-understands what I mean by that. I understand FTP sponsors these guys and obviously they receive money from the room as a part of that sponsorship deal, I'm not and idiot. But I m fairly certain that FTP don't put up the money that these guys play with at the cash tables, in the form of a staking arrangement.
Joined: Feb '10
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 44
jess i think is right, when you get a sponsorship deal you get x ammount of money depending upon your contract, obviously he'd use rakeback too so some of his loses are accounted for and recoverable. personally i like gus, he can and will frequently use tripple barrel bluffs and put alot of pressure on you.
Joined: May '09
Location: Croatia
Age: 39 (M)
Posts: 20589
he could give part of that huge money to some poor children to get some better school or family who cant work anywhere!when he can lose this kind of money,he will lose much more for sure
Joined: Aug '10
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 25
hmm,good for him...it's good that he has that kind of money to loose.does he have any more money left???cause evrey week you see a new post about another one of Gus is huge looses!!!!
------------ 2.8 milion just last month,DAMN he should have bought a small country instead of playing those nose bleed tables
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 51 (M)
Posts: 696
i have see a few hands and in the moment he play really ba,d better he take a break and play not omaha in the moment.LOwer stacks is right and maybe NL holdem and not PLO
