Is Gus Hansen The Worst Online Poker Player ever?

[ttwarrior1]

Is Gus Hansen The Worst Online Poker Player ever?




Gus Hansen is one of the most recognizable names in the professional poker world. He is known for his incredible live tournament success, his amazing talent for intimidating opponents and is easily identified by his hair; or lack thereof. The Great Dane of poker is truly a phenomenon among career poker players, but if that’s true, why is he so terrible at online poker cash games?


It’s true. If you go over Gus Hansen’s online poker cash game statistics since 2007, he has lost an inconceivable $7.7 million! Even worse than that astonishing reality alone is the fact that Hansen has lost more money in online poker cash games in the last three years than he has won in live poker tournaments over the course of his entire professional poker career.


Since 2002, Gus Hansen has raked in a total of $7.2 million in live tournament cashes, including his $1.3 million win as the ultimate victor of the 2007 Aussie Millions Championship. Gus Hansen’s tournament career is, in fact, the most impressive of all but 22 other pro poker players in the history of tournament play, which began in the early 1970’s.


So how is it that such an impressive poker player could be so bad at online poker cash games? Just this year, Hansen has dropped about $800k at the tables. One might begin to speculate as to whether Gus Hansen is going broke playing online poker, but that’s doubtful.


More than likely, Gus Hansen’s live cash play has more than made up for his online poker losses.( Note added by Scott Matusow = BULLSHIT, GUS SUCKS LIVE AS WELL!!) The most logical answer is that Gus Hansen is extremely adept at winning live poker games, where he can intimidate his opponents face to face with unbridled aggression. Online poker doesn’t give players the same versatility as live poker games when it comes to reading your opponents and using fake poker tells to draw them into a trap.


Gus Hansen’s online poker losses are recorded and publically displayed for anyone to see, but live cash games go unobserved. Even if Hansen has lost near $8 million at online poker cash tables, there’s no telling how many millions he may have scooped in that same amount of time playing in Vegas. What we do know is that high stakes cash game grinders may see an excellent opportunity in playing across the virtual felt from Full Tilt Pro Gus Hansen.

source:rounders radio

[daneblazer]

Dude's an elite degen. I've heard stories of him sitting at an airport betting with someone which pigeon would fly off a wire first.

[GUMMO77]

Anyone remember when Gus would show his view on webcam while playing the super high tables on Tilt?

[GUMMO77]

And no, Guy Laliberte is by far the worst onlline poker player ever.

I think he lost close to 50 millions dollars in one year alone.

[Kaabee]

according to highstakesdb, gus is only down 130k or so lifetime.

[ttwarrior1]

lol those sites are inaccurate and don't count items under private , special and a few others.

[Kaabee]

misread the data. however, your article is from 2010 and gus made a big comeback. he was down 11 million, but won 7.5 of it back.

anyway, like gummo said, guy laliberte is easily the biggest loser.

[thetrinity]

i thought it was ttwarrior

[ttwarrior1]

i think its rickie65 at sbr , calls all in pre with queen ten vs my ak and thinks it was a good call after 2 tens hit

[lando]

I totally agree it's so hard for me to truly believe just how accurate those sites are

[k13]

Best was when he bet a million on Nadal to win the French Open and of course he lost for the first time.....

[hockey216]

didnt gus win millions last year and was #1 online winner?

[hockey216]

gus hansen is a good player

[lunchbawks]

uhhh no pretty sure gus is one of the all time money leaders online

800k swing is normal for these guys playing 200/400, even though games have died almost to extinction

[rm18]

no just plays guys who are better than him

[snoopy09]

Aggressive poker is winning poker, and he has it in spades (no pun) live. Online cash is a gamble most of the hands of the hands I have seen heads up.