Gus, Gus Never Changes

After 2012, Gus Hansen emerged as one of the biggest online high stakes losers in 2013 as well. Apparently, he aims for the title for a third time this year.

In the annual report for 2013, Full Tilt Poker Pro Gus Hansen turned out to be one of the biggest losers of the online high stakes cash game season, losing $8,461,472 in 171,743 hands. Becoming the weakest player in two consecutive years, losing $3,204,539 in 63,686 hands in 2012, the once feared pro can hardly blame variance alone anymore. He is currently the second biggest online high stakes loser ever, right after Guy Laliberté.

In an interview last year, Hansen admitted to having to face his game becoming rusty after the re-launch of FTP in 2012 and that he had been unable to regain his former edge. He was not working on his game and would ignore table selection, playing against anyone on the highest limits. Additionally, a downswing had kicked in, he said. Even though the Dane insisted he would pay attention to game selection and training in the future, he apparently failed to deliver.

This year, Hansen keeps giving away money by the hundreds of thousands... A mere two weeks into 2014 and after a proportionately small sample of play, he is down $756,239 in 11,468 hands, losing twice as much as the second biggest loser of the year, Viktor ‘Isildur1’ Blom, who is currently standing at $368,878 in losses. Empirical evidence suggests, however, that Blom is capable of turning this even into profits in a single session, while Hansen has left his reputation for crushing the field far behind long ago.

The Dane lost the largest sum in PLO games, $625,518 in 7,131 hands. In draw, he is down $130,720 after 4,337 hands.

Recently, Hansen also drew some attention to his game through an awkward clash with ‘SallyWoo’, possibly the courtesy of his frustration over his losses. In a FLO8 game, the Dane was 3-betting when his internet connection was disrupted. Upon returning, he confronted ‘SallyWoo’, saying that he should give back his $4,000 3-bet, according to a friend.

‘SallyWoo’ then reminded him there is an agreement in effect for such cases and he merely adhered to it by taking the money. Hansen then moved on to accuse the Omaha specialist of using illegal utility software.

The relevant chat log is as follows:

SallyWoo: and this "friend" of yours told u i closed the table, when i didnt
SallyWoo: and i explained why, this "friend" should have also seen what happened
Gus Hansen: the computer program right by your side - could be slippery slope
SallyWoo: ?
SallyWoo: huh
SallyWoo: are you accusing me of cheating?
Gus Hansen: and funny enough all the guys taking about integrity is you KPR and Cotton like you have to prove something
Gus Hansen: nope I am not
Hattenford (Observer): confirmed Gus, i was here to, he didnt close it
Gus Hansen: accusing you of cheating
Gus Hansen: of course not
SallyWoo: you accused me of closing tables to pull and angle and then have a computer prgram next to me, thats out of line imo
Gus Hansen: Please tell me that will swear right hear that you dont have a O8 computer program
Gus Hansen: anyways - I dont have a case in court - but I doubt any poker player would rule that you should keep the 4K
SallyWoo: you really are accusing me of this gus?
Gus Hansen: do whatever you think is right
SallyWoo: tell me upfront
Gus Hansen: I am not accusing you of anythjing
SallyWoo: what was our deal with dc, i will always honor it now and in future
Gus Hansen: I believe you have an O8 program - thats all I said
SallyWoo: i thought deal was if either player dc we return btns (i have done that for u 30 times)
SallyWoo: and if guy dc we check it down
Gus Hansen: maybe 130
SallyWoo: but if he dc after we bet its on player?
Gus Hansen: 571
Gus Hansen: ok
SallyWoo: im honoring our deal, as i always have
SallyWoo: what is 130 and 571?
Gus Hansen: times you have paid me back after disconnect
SallyWoo: every time u have those short dc dont i always adjust btns for u?
Gus Hansen: I havent said you didnt
Gus Hansen: just enjoyed your exaggeration
SallyWoo: state the deal with dc and i will honor it, always have, but u were the one when we made deal that said if guy dc AFTER we bet its on him
SallyWoo: i remeber the conversation vividly
Gus Hansen: not sure we specifically said that
Gus Hansen: but this was preflop
SallyWoo: we did, ill ask FT to retrieve chat if they will, can u have them do it? i give you them and u permission to read it
Gus Hansen: whatever
Gus Hansen: since this was probably last time we played - I just wanna add it was funny you were so offended of me saying you have an O8 computer program - since obviously you do
SallyWoo: ohh lord gus, i dont cheat
SallyWoo: i did nothing wrong here, ill ask ft for our conversation about our deal and send it to u on twitter or something
Gus Hansen: lol - I guess you are trying to start a career as a politician, since you like to answer in east when the question came from west

According to HSDB, Hansen’s total online high stakes losses are currently at $15,628,983.