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 o[...] Read more » HighStakes: Gus Hansen loses €1,4 million on a tennis bet
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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...
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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 $1.4mill for 200k
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well if you had the money he has betting 1.4 euros wouldnt skint you either..lol he is obviosly a gambling man and as all gambeling men know its what you do with it that counts HeHeHe and he done a wrongen that time....... I wonder if he told his misses..lol
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quote: "well if you had the money he has betting 1.4 euros wouldnt skint you either"
i got to know a person who inherited DM 40million (around €20 million) and lost EVERYTHING in casinos in less than 5years due to being addicted to gambling. now a days he lives from social welfare in 40qm appartment.
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Lol! This gus hansen has to be crazy. one point four million dollars!! this is crazy! lol Ok the probabilitie of rafael nadal lose were low, but 1.4 million dollar is an amount that i will neve risk, specially because i dont have that amount in my possession! lol
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Is he stupid betting so much money on tennis players? He was really very unlucky to lose money on rafael nadal and bookmaker very lucky to win. Who would have expected Nadal to lose in quarter when he had never lost a match in french open.
i think this doesn't hurt him very much =) he has soooo often won high stacked poker tables ,, that this 1,4 millon lose is bad but he can live with it =) he will get it back from others at poker tables
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Well i guess he can afford it, but i would never bet huge amounts on tennis (even if i would be as rich as him)! Nadal is a superb player but tiny things can change a tennisplayers play! Tennis is alot like poker, you need to be a good player and be mentally strong to be succesfull at the highest level!
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I like very much to bet in several sports like soccer, nba, nhl, tenis... But1.4M$ is a lot of money to put in one bet even if you have a lot more to bet.
