Gus Hansen All In
Gus was born in 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He now lives in Monaco, and has done for a while. Gus was the biggest winner online in 2011, all of which took place on Full Tilt and in the first five. Gustav 'Gus' Hansen (born 13 February 1974) is a Danish professional poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark who has lived in Monaco since 2003. In his poker ca. Known as the madman of poker Gus Hansen is fearless, aggressive, and even considered crazy by some. Yet, there is a method to his madness. He has won several World Poker Tour Tournaments.
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What would poker be without the spine-chilling feeling of possibly losing it all in the blink of an eye?
For all players, this emotional and financial roller-coaster is what makes the game worth playing. But only professional ones can bust thousands of dollars while keeping it totally cool.
If you’re freaking out when you lose a couple hundred bucks while gambling, wait until you find out how much these five professional players lost!
Estimated losses: $5 million
Gavin Griffin marked poker history as the youngest player to win a WSOP tournament, snagging the Pot Limit Hold’Em in 2004. He also won the prestigious Triple Crown, followed by an EPT in 2007 and 2008. In 2012, his total live winnings approached $5 million.
However, Griffin fired out most of this money. Alongside the cost of playing in live tournaments and the high Californian taxes, he developed a gambling addiction that cost him heavily.
He eventually had to step down several levels and go back to the lower stakes tables in order not to go completely broke.
Estimated losses: $18 million
Gus ‘The Great Dane’ Hansen has always been famous for his crazy swings: after having won four WPT’s in a year and made six final tables, amassing over $11 million, the Danish player hit rock bottom in 2014.
His losses on Full Tilt surpassed $20 million in September, losing as much as $630,000 in a week alone! He managed to get a little bit ($1.2 million) back, but with total losses of -$18 million, the man set the record of online poker losses.
If a reasonable reaction would be to curl up in fetal position and start crying, the Great Dane kept it cool, declaring : “I still have money in my pocket. My online numbers aren’t looking too pretty, but I can still afford a sandwich.”
Many professional players might have gone broke, but few with quite the same laid-back attitude.
Estimated losses: $20 millions
Of all the poker pros who went broke, Scotty Nguyen embodies the genuine old school poker legend: weird gambling superstitions, memorable punchlines, amazing bluffing skills and terrible drinking habit.
When he emigrated from Vietnam in the eighties, Scotty started earning a living by bussing tables at a restaurant. Tired of being treated poorly by his employer, he eventually decided to quit, with a $270 pay check in his backpack. He took his money to Lake Tahoe where he started playing poker and turned it into a six figures bankroll within a week.
Until the end of the nineties, Scotty reached the poker heights, winning over $11 million in career tournament earnings. Unfortunately, his multiple addiction problems started to take over and he soon hit a losing streak that left him broke.
Estimated losses: $25 millions
Former member of Team Full Tilt and two-time WSOP and WPT winner, Erick “E-dog” Lindgren counts among the poker players who made the most money of all time: as of 2016, he ranks 38th in the All Time Money List of poker with over $10 million in tournament earnings.
Unlike other poker legends often known for their excesses, Lindgren impersonated, with his friendly demeanor and pleasant table manners, the average Joe who was living the poker dream.
Sadly, Lindgren developed a severe gambling addiction which lead him to file bankruptcy several times and become. He is deeply indebted to Pokerstars (-$2.5 million), the IRS (-$3.8 million), Andy Bloch (-$1.1 million) and many other players (-$5 million).
In 2013, Erick Lindgren entered a rehab program for gambling addicts in California.
Estimated losses: $30 millions
Stu Ungar is widely regarded as the best poker player of all times. Thanks to his uncredible I.Q. and photographic memory, “The Kid” managed to win the WSOP Maint Event three times in 1980, 1981 and 1997.
However, because of poor money-management skills and a devastating addiction to cocaine, he fired out all of his earnings.
Despite having won about $30 million during his poker career, The Kid died with no assets to his name, making him the ultimate king of all the professional players who went broke!
VideoImage galleryGustav Hansen, who is better yet known as Gus Hansen, was born on February 13, 1974 outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. He is also known as 'The Great Dane' and he currently resides in Monaco.
Hansen holds a record of winning three World Poker Tour (WPT) championships. He has also won the Aussie Millions in 2007 main event and was the winner of the PokerStars Invitational Tournament in its first season.
Before becoming a successful and professional poker player in 1997, Hansen was a world-class backgammon player and also a youth tennis champion. Hansen always loved sports and he showed that not only by his tennis victories, but also by successfully competing in several other indoor and outdoor sports.
In the year 2000 he moved to New York City and tried his luck as a professional backgammon player, but he didn't continue and preferred concentrating on poker.
Hansen started his poker career in 1993 at the Ocean View Card Room in Santa Cruz, California, where he played his first poker game while being an exchange student who attended the University of California. He is known as an extremely loose and aggressive player and has a reputation for raising or bluffing with almost anything. This makes the play against Hansen very difficult, and his opponents often call or raise him, not knowing what he holds. Thus, when Hansen holds a legitimate hand, he gets the win and keeps his opponents guessing about his future hands.
Hansen had some good poker plays at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) over the years. In 2006 Tournament of Champions, Hansen made it to the final table only to lose on the very first hand. He was holding AK while losing to a pair of 9s. In 2007, Hansen made the money by finishing at 61 out of 6,358 players and won $154,194. In 2008 he finished 160th out of 6,844 players and won $41,816.
As for the World Poker Tour (WPT), Hansen is the only player to win three open tournaments and thus holds this record all by himself. He also won the first World Poker Tour Bad Boys of Poker event and in 2008 finished second and won $1,714,800. Aside from the wins and great money, 2004 was a very special year for Gus Hansen as he was inducted into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame along with the great Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
In addition, Hansen won the inaugural $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational tournament.
Gus Hansen is also a proud member of Full Tilt Poker's team of professional players.
Television and media are also well known to Hansen as he appeared in The Professional Poker Tour and the second season of High Stakes Poker, where he won one of the biggest pots of all shows, grabbing $575,700. He also appeared in NBC's Poker After Dark and was its first winner, with $120,000.
In 2007, Hansen was the winner of the main event at the Aussie millions in Melbourne, Australia. He out lasted 747 other players to win $1,500,000.
As of 2008, Hansen won over $7,200,000 in live tournaments only, but he also knew some losses as a professional poker player. Despite his winnings and success, he has struggled with money problems because of losses at live cash games at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. He admitted to losing a million dollar or so at a couple of games. The fact that he enjoys betting does not help as he also admitted to losing money at sports betting.
Gus Hansen Book
In 2005, Hansen took part in the 'Going All In' instructional series of DVDs and appeared in 'Texas Hold'em Poker Advanced Strategies With Gus Hansen'. He also published a book in 2008 called Every Hand Revealed. He was one of the founders of a successful online poker, which was later purchased by the online betting giant, Betfair.
Gus Hansen All In Every Hand
WPT Winnings
2002 – Five Diamond World Poker Classic – $556,460
2003 – L.A. Poker Classic - $532,490
Where Is Gus Hansen Now
2004 – PokerStars Caribbean Poker Adventure - $455,780