GUS HANSEN lost 5 million in 2009 playing poker

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  • Fishhead
    SBR Aristocracy
    • 08-11-05
    • 40179

    #1
    GUS HANSEN lost 5 million in 2009 playing poker
    Read this in POKER PRO..........taking a break from poker.
  • ZBOIZ
    SBR Posting Legend
    • 06-22-08
    • 21464

    #2
    Wow
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    • jgray
      SBR MVP
      • 09-06-09
      • 3599

      #3
      Maybe playing any two cards isn't the best idea.
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      • rm18
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 09-20-05
        • 22291

        #4
        they watch you on tv you do not watch them on tv puts you at a big disadvantage, and he sucks also
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        • blueghost
          SBR MVP
          • 09-11-09
          • 1715

          #5
          i seen him playing on FullTilt i seen him bet that much in two weeks online so it must have been a very up and down year for him .i love his style very tough to put him on a hand i guess everyone needs a break once in a while.
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          • bigbank
            SBR Sharp
            • 12-19-09
            • 464

            #6
            bad year!
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            • MC PICKS
              SBR Hall of Famer
              • 01-10-10
              • 6644

              #7
              Not surprised at all. For every one of those 2 6 offsuits that hit on the tube, theres 10 that miss. Hope he rebounds.
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              • RealSlimShady
                SBR Hall of Famer
                • 12-24-07
                • 6249

                #8
                I wonder how many of these pros would be broke if not for endorsements and ownership in poker sites.
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                • jjgold
                  SBR Aristocracy
                  • 07-20-05
                  • 388179

                  #9
                  Most poker pros are dead broke, never forget this. They are compulsive gamblers like us.
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                  • MC PICKS
                    SBR Hall of Famer
                    • 01-10-10
                    • 6644

                    #10
                    Yeah good question, he'll take a break till the heads up championship in April, at the latest, where he will freeroll. The guy is a brand name in the industry so he will have no problem getting paid for promotions in and outta poker.
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                    • DrStale
                      SBR Hall of Famer
                      • 12-07-08
                      • 9692

                      #11
                      Originally posted by jjgold
                      Most poker pros are dead broke, never forget this. They are compulsive gamblers like us.
                      Man are you clueless.
                      Originally posted by Dark Horse
                      If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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                      • Fishhead
                        SBR Aristocracy
                        • 08-11-05
                        • 40179

                        #12
                        Originally posted by DrStale
                        Man are you clueless.

                        Your right, many on this forum are not compulsive gamblers like many of the poker pros.
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                        • shady610
                          SBR MVP
                          • 01-12-06
                          • 1570

                          #13
                          this is crazy. hopefully has sound investments and nice sponsors
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                          • tonyhomo
                            SBR Wise Guy
                            • 01-10-10
                            • 749

                            #14
                            Originally posted by jgray
                            Maybe playing any two cards isn't the best idea.


                            i don#t believe in all the hype these alleged poker pros get,
                            these players are more or less solid players, who got lucky and reached the final table in one of the wsop tournaments.
                            I remember one guy , i think his name was moneymaker,he won the wsop maybe 6 years ago and he probably didn't't even know the difference between trips and sets and he still got a contract from a poker network and considered himself a poker pro
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                            • coldhardfacts
                              SBR Wise Guy
                              • 10-19-07
                              • 717

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Fishhead
                              Your right, many on this forum are not compulsive gamblers like PRACTICALLY EVERY SINGLE ONE of the poker pros.
                              fyp
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                              • Czu81
                                SBR MVP
                                • 10-25-09
                                • 1082

                                #16
                                He is up to $1 361 868 this year
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                                • MJT1212
                                  SBR Hall of Famer
                                  • 02-16-09
                                  • 5124

                                  #17
                                  Probably from playing online too much. Online is rigged. It's my biggest conclusion of 2010 and will be by the end.
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                                  • blueghost
                                    SBR MVP
                                    • 09-11-09
                                    • 1715

                                    #18
                                    according to GAMBLING911 he did lose 5M last year and was going to take a break ..he had a change of heart and did not throw in the towel he is currently up 1.3M in the last 2 weeks..nice 2 hear
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                                    • DrStale
                                      SBR Hall of Famer
                                      • 12-07-08
                                      • 9692

                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by tonyhomo
                                      i don#t believe in all the hype these alleged poker pros get, these players are more or less solid players, who got lucky and reached the final table in one of the wsop tournaments. I remember one guy , i think his name was moneymaker,he won the wsop maybe 6 years ago and he probably didn't't even know the difference between trips and sets and he still got a contract from a poker network and considered himself a poker pro
                                      There's a vast difference between the Phil Ivey/Daniel Negreanu's of the world and the Chris Moneymakers. Good players win money over the long haul. Moneymaker is an SOB who got lucky once.
                                      Originally posted by Dark Horse
                                      If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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                                      • DrStale
                                        SBR Hall of Famer
                                        • 12-07-08
                                        • 9692

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by MJT1212
                                        Probably from playing online too much. Online is rigged. It's my biggest conclusion of 2010 and will be by the end.
                                        Wrong.
                                        Originally posted by Dark Horse
                                        If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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                                        • TheLock
                                          SBR Posting Legend
                                          • 04-06-08
                                          • 14427

                                          #21
                                          Worthless thread without a link
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                                          • obamaismyuncle
                                            SBR Posting Legend
                                            • 12-31-08
                                            • 17801

                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by ZBOIZ
                                            Wow

                                            One of the most educated statements you will ever hear comming from Zboiz.
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                                            • Slim
                                              SBR MVP
                                              • 11-13-08
                                              • 4722

                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by jjgold
                                              Most poker pros are dead broke, never forget this. They are compulsive gamblers like us.
                                              ESPN always makes it look like they make money hand over fist but thats far from the truth.
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                                              • bettilimbroke999
                                                SBR Posting Legend
                                                • 02-04-08
                                                • 13254

                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by tonyhomo

                                                i don#t believe in all the hype these alleged poker pros get,
                                                these players are more or less solid players, who got lucky and reached the final table in one of the wsop tournaments.
                                                I remember one guy , i think his name was moneymaker,he won the wsop maybe 6 years ago and he probably didn't't even know the difference between trips and sets and he still got a contract from a poker network and considered himself a poker pro
                                                Exactly, if you win a poker tournament or even get a high finish you're a poker pro for life, if you get outdrawn day 1 you're a fish/donk that wasted your time and money, the guy that outdrew you and catches cards like god that tourney is a poker pro with a contract with full tilt or pokerstars or some other crap poker site that pays its poker pros millions to do gay commercials where they act like they can read your soul and are gods of poker
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                                                • Bigmikesm
                                                  SBR MVP
                                                  • 06-17-09
                                                  • 1616

                                                  #25
                                                  It suprises me that alot of these other so called "pros" don't go broke. Sorry to hear about Gus, but then again, he's been living the good life for the past 5 years, and probablly been partying like a rock star.
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                                                  • bettilimbroke999
                                                    SBR Posting Legend
                                                    • 02-04-08
                                                    • 13254

                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by DrStale
                                                    Wrong.
                                                    Absolute has already been proven rigged
                                                    Ultimatebet has already been proven rigged

                                                    But the #1 reason not to play online is that the guys you are playin against are mostly solid players tryin to grind out profits like a job, these are the guys you should try to avoid at a casino, the drunks that give away their money dont exist online
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                                                    • JohnAnthony
                                                      SBR Hall of Famer
                                                      • 04-30-09
                                                      • 5110

                                                      #27
                                                      Originally posted by bettilimbroke999
                                                      Absolute has already been proven rigged
                                                      Ultimatebet has already been proven rigged
                                                      Yep. And more to come!
                                                      "I have never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A little bird will fall dead, frozen from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself."

                                                      - D.H. Lawrence
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                                                      • bettilimbroke999
                                                        SBR Posting Legend
                                                        • 02-04-08
                                                        • 13254

                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by JohnAnthony
                                                        Yep. And more to come!
                                                        FT and Pstars may not be rigged bc they're making so much money taxin their players but rest assured any other site is rigged as hell
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                                                        • JohnAnthony
                                                          SBR Hall of Famer
                                                          • 04-30-09
                                                          • 5110

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by bettilimbroke999
                                                          FT and Pstars may not be rigged bc they're making so much money taxin their players but rest assured any other site is rigged as hell
                                                          Little chance that PS and FT are rigged. A lot of smaller rooms definitely are though. Too many squares beilive shit they're told.
                                                          "I have never seen a wild thing feel sorry for itself. A little bird will fall dead, frozen from a bough, without ever having felt sorry for itself."

                                                          - D.H. Lawrence
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                                                          • byronbb
                                                            SBR MVP
                                                            • 11-13-08
                                                            • 3067

                                                            #30
                                                            He's up over a million this month online already. The guy is set for life a few million is nothing. His Full Tilt status brings in a bomb and he founded a poker software site in 2005 that sold to Betfair Poker for 15million USD.
                                                            He is a huge degen and a major sports betting square apparently also.
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                                                            • reno cool
                                                              SBR MVP
                                                              • 07-02-08
                                                              • 3567

                                                              #31
                                                              Originally posted by bettilimbroke999
                                                              Exactly, if you win a poker tournament or even get a high finish you're a poker pro for life, if you get outdrawn day 1 you're a fish/donk that wasted your time and money, the guy that outdrew you and catches cards like god that tourney is a poker pro with a contract with full tilt or pokerstars or some other crap poker site that pays its poker pros millions to do gay commercials where they act like they can read your soul and are gods of poker

                                                              this applies to so many parts of life, particularly in our culture. Don't you think? Timing and luck is everything.
                                                              bird bird da bird's da word
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                                                              • carysturtz
                                                                SBR Rookie
                                                                • 01-20-10
                                                                • 30

                                                                #32
                                                                Gus Hanson is overrated!
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                                                                • bettilimbroke999
                                                                  SBR Posting Legend
                                                                  • 02-04-08
                                                                  • 13254

                                                                  #33
                                                                  How to be a poker pro

                                                                  Step 1 Get a contract with a major poker site for millions of dollars

                                                                  Step 2 Lose it all playing poker

                                                                  Step 3 Keep up the image like your an incredible poker pro that makes millions playing poker even when your down 6 million over the past 8 months and they're shuttin off the utilities

                                                                  Step 4 Deposit latest poker site endorsement check and get your internet turned back on and finally get a card rush for a week winning over 1 million so that your only down 5 million over the past 8 months and everyone can claim your back and how smart you are for not giving it up
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                                                                  • Powderguy
                                                                    SBR Hall of Famer
                                                                    • 09-18-09
                                                                    • 6939

                                                                    #34
                                                                    Phil Ivey is a true high roller, you see that segment on E:60 about him. Playing craps and making a million in 30 min!?!?
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                                                                    • carysturtz
                                                                      SBR Rookie
                                                                      • 01-20-10
                                                                      • 30

                                                                      #35
                                                                      Just a millionaire, if he loses so what
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