Either Gus is degenerate gambler or it's conspiracy. I only don't know which option is better.

gus is too clever to donk all his networth away on an online pokersite. dont worry about him

dat G for gossip sucks rite.

Stop tapping the tank already! Let the guy donate in peace.

donking off 20m regardless of networth is well stupid enough.

Gus & I go back some time so I showed him this thread and we had a good laugh at all of the speculation and gossip.

He's way to busy doing awesome Gus-things so he won't be posting in the thread but I figured I'd chime in since after we looked at the thread we then spent the afternoon trolling through his bank accounts. After meeting with his financial planner, lawyer and accountant, we had a steak dinner and then I reviewed his personal financial statement. KPMG then arrived and audited everything in front of us.

I'll get the final report scanned and uploaded on to here as soon as it's ready. Until then, keep the speculation coming, Gus and I are enjoying it.

Not sure what you´re talking about. It seems pretty obvious that when your contract says you´re paid $Xm per year, the payment wont be made in a single transfer, but rather on a monthly basis. Gus probably received $XXXk per month and people knew this, hence giving him pretty much infinite credit.

As for the money he received from FTP, I think you have to look at the time line. If you look at the web site of FTP, it seems like the name Gus Hansen first popped up as a part of Team Full Tilt in August 2006.

http://web.archive.org/web/200608101...tiltpoker.com/

FTP wasn´t all that big back then, but the Online Poker market was pretty much at the peak of the boom which was killed off by UIGEA in October 2006.

http://www.pokerhistory.eu/poker-sta...y/2006?month=8

This was back when the stock of Party was 12 times higher than it is today.

Gus was probably the biggest name on FTP back then, except maybe for Phil Ivey (lol Lederer), and the contract was signed at the very peak of the market, so FTP must have given him a rather fat contract.

It seems pretty reasonable to assume that FTP, for cash flow / liquidity reaons, would have given Gus a deal that wouldn´t focus on cash only, but rather some cash and a percentage of the company (same for all of Team Full Tilt).

I wouldn´t be surprised at all if FTP payments covered the vast majority of what Hansen has lost on FTP up until today. Just look at the payments forwarded to Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson or Phil Ivey, who received just about $40m each.

Has Gus ever said why he has to play the highest stakes offered?

As George Mallory retorted when asked why he wanted to claim Mt. Everest: "Because it's there."



Of course, like Gus, he also fell off a mountain.

And who are you exactly? lol

Duh!!! He just did.

Gus won 700k over the last few days didn't he? He is infamous for his big swings. Just ask the people he owes in between.....awwe Gussy. Lol

Gus Hansen’s lifetime losses at Full Tilt spiraled past the toe-curling $20 million mark this week

http://www.pokersites.com/news/gus-h...-red-zone-2508

where does he get all the money?

Gus is the secret scion of the Czars-and as such his bankroll is endless