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HighStakes: Gus Hansen loses €1,4 million on a tennis bet |
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Tags:
French open, Gus Hansen, Rafael Nada, Robin Söderling, tennis.
Posted on Friday, July 03, 2009 by "T". |
 The Danish poker pro, Gus Hansen, recently placed a 1,4 million euro bet on a tennis player to win 2009's French open. Unfortunately for Gus his tennis player lost already in the quarter finals and a very lucky bookmaker could collect €1,4 million euro.
Gus Hansen is known to be a very heavy gambler on all types of things next to playing poker. This time he placed a €1,4 million bet on the world's best tennis player, Rafael Nadal, to win the French open 2009. Unfortunately for Gus, Rafael Nadal, lost against the Swede Robin Söderling (6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6) in the quarter finals already. What one should bear in mind with Gus bet, is that Rafael Nadal that he betted on had a winning streak of 31 matches before this one versus Robin Söderling. And the last time Rafael Nadal lost a set, was against Roger Federer back in 2007.
How much this bet hurt Gus bankroll, we can only speculate in. What would be interesting to know though, is who the bookmaker who accepted this crazy bet was?
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| Fakiry | 7/3/2009 1:32:02 PM GMT |
No one could preview Nadal was going to loose against the worlds number 12, but a tenis game is never easy. We are talking about a minimum of three hours runnig from side to side. In some game, a tenis player can loose up to four quilograms!
But this bet is like betting on the last year biggest poker champion to win a tournament this year: you cant say if it happens, you just have the best statistics on your side... |
| shokaku | 7/3/2009 2:15:54 PM GMT |
| I guess Hansen was not the only one who had bet on Nadal. But 1.4 million is a nice sum. Those highrollers simply have to much money at their hands. |
| flash79 | 7/3/2009 3:07:29 PM GMT |
| he he |
| magatt966 | 7/3/2009 5:27:25 PM GMT |
| when u are so addicted to betting u will always be in trouble...no matter how much do u earn |
| Mascarilha | 7/3/2009 6:46:12 PM GMT |
1.4 millions at 1.4 to Nadal wins the Roland Garros 
Value bet? No way...
magat966 if you have a good bankroll management and knowlegde/good advisors you can take profits from betting  |
| Tchungpo | 7/3/2009 8:15:50 PM GMT |
This guy is really crazy -_-
Omg, how can u bet so much money... just use it for things more important... |
| amstaffy | 7/4/2009 12:22:08 AM GMT |
| gamble it--we are on this planet once--spend, have fun, take risks |
| DrTre1213 | 7/4/2009 12:31:56 AM GMT |
Posted by amstaffy:
gamble it--we are on this planet once--spend, have fun, take risks |
I agree the we should have fun and take risks...adrenaline is tha shit!! But..how are you so certain we only live on this planet once? |
| amstaffy | 7/4/2009 1:43:32 AM GMT |
Posted by DrTre1213: Posted by amstaffy:
gamble it--we are on this planet once--spend, have fun, take risks |
I agree the we should have fun and take risks...adrenaline is tha shit!! But..how are you so certain we only live on this planet once? |
I dont -- i dont even know where I am half the time |
| T3ddyKGB | 7/4/2009 9:26:01 AM GMT |
quote:"when u are so addicted to betting u will always be in trouble"
agreed. except you have insider knowledge.
i wonder what were the odds ? not that high because of nadal i guess. if it was worth to risk $1.4mill for 200k  |
| xxxbchxxx | 7/4/2009 9:37:56 AM GMT |
well if you had the money he has betting 1.4 euros wouldnt skint you either..lol
he is obviosly a gambling man and as all gambeling men know its what you do with it that counts HeHeHe 
and he done a wrongen that time.......
I wonder if he told his misses..lol  |
| T3ddyKGB | 7/4/2009 4:10:16 PM GMT |
quote: "well if you had the money he has betting 1.4 euros wouldnt skint you either"
i got to know a person who inherited DM 40million (around €20 million) and lost EVERYTHING in casinos in less than 5years due to being addicted to gambling.
now a days he lives from social welfare in 40qm appartment.
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| Jodoli | 7/4/2009 5:34:22 PM GMT |
| Lol! This gus hansen has to be crazy. one point four million dollars!! this is crazy! lol Ok the probabilitie of rafael nadal lose were low, but 1.4 million dollar is an amount that i will neve risk, specially because i dont have that amount in my possession! lol |
| SuperNoob | 7/4/2009 8:04:50 PM GMT |
Is he stupid betting so much money on tennis players?
He was really very unlucky to lose money on rafael nadal and bookmaker very lucky to win.
Who would have expected Nadal to lose in quarter when he had never lost a match in french open.
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| Mascarilha | 7/4/2009 10:20:31 PM GMT |
The bet is Nadal do win the Roland Garos.
1.40/1.45 was the odds...
Nadal can be the king of RG, but at these odds there is no value... 1.4M :s |
| dianakyra | 7/5/2009 10:36:01 AM GMT |
What did he get if he had chosen federer! Think better than rafaels odds on rg
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maybe he can bet 20 million 2day on federer winning wimbledon! think he will make 1.4 profit than? |
| spanishman | 7/5/2009 12:15:45 PM GMT |
i think this doesn't hurt him very much =)
he has soooo often won high stacked poker tables ,, that this 1,4 millon lose is bad but he can live with it =)
he will get it back from others at poker tables |
| hahne1986 | 7/6/2009 12:30:18 PM GMT |
| dont ever bet against a swede =) |
| fochizza | 7/6/2009 12:46:07 PM GMT |
Well i guess he can afford it, but i would never bet huge amounts on tennis (even if i would be as rich as him)! Nadal is a superb player but tiny things can change a tennisplayers play!
Tennis is alot like poker, you need to be a good player and be mentally strong to be succesfull at the highest level! |
| razordemon | 7/6/2009 5:48:50 PM GMT |
| I like very much to bet in several sports like soccer, nba, nhl, tenis... But1.4M$ is a lot of money to put in one bet even if you have a lot more to bet. |
| ACE007 | 7/6/2009 7:13:16 PM GMT |
I think that to bet that much, one must have either lost quite some and tried to cover all in 1 go with a certain bet or most probably one person who won a lot and this 1.4M will not be out of his personal hard earned money... rather easy earned money 
Anyway, the only way to overcome this is to forget the past and lower the bets profile |
| Mariukas991 | 7/6/2009 9:12:09 PM GMT |
| what a looser.. he's just good in poker |
| Gottfriedx | 7/6/2009 9:14:35 PM GMT |
| These people just don't know the value of money anymore |
| DaneMitic | 7/6/2009 10:11:24 PM GMT |
| 1,4€, its peasnuts for Guss, I dont think he cares about it... I have seen a video on youtube about him losing over 1Mio. at offline/tv events in 2-3 Days, then he went to his hotel room and played online poker for a few hours and now guess what happend...? Yes, he got his MANIES back.... |
| MuradMurad | 7/6/2009 10:14:46 PM GMT |
| siiicko |
| Nitscho | 7/7/2009 6:33:54 PM GMT |
| This is hard..... and what do we learn out of that? Don't bet on tennis if you are a poker player haha |
| KingEraiser | 7/23/2009 4:50:40 PM GMT |
he lost the dimension for money...
thats not funny..how can he bet 1.4 Mio ..???omg
he should better give this money children in african
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| ih8usukouts | 7/30/2009 11:42:44 AM GMT |
| I wish I could afford to do that...lol. I wouldn't care what people said about me. I'm jealous! |
| mrnugger | 8/1/2009 10:49:55 PM GMT |
| such high bet is crazy to make even if you are a rich person and do not think that this does not hurt him because everyone hates to lose when it depends on money |
| PokerJosh | 8/2/2009 1:41:57 AM GMT |
| hmmm... seems to be a trend for poker Pro's to loose their money in other gambling-games. Even if you would think that they know how to invest money profitably^^ |
| Phospate22 | 8/2/2009 8:34:40 AM GMT |
| this is nonsense, yes he can afforid it to loose 1.4 million for a stupid tennis game, but mannnnn 1.4 million is too much, i could live like a king from that money, Man that dude is crazy 1.5 million for a tennis bet man i cant belive this..... |
| karstenkloss | 8/2/2009 8:49:53 AM GMT |
Crazy guy! How someone can bet that amount of money. For normal people is this enough money until the end of life. And he bets on a tennis-match. Crazy!  |
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