Is Gus Hansen playing any events at the WSOP?

[BlackGoat]

He's been conspicuously absent from the events so far. Makes you wonder about those stories about him skipping town because of debts. Anyone spotted him in Vegas these last days?

[trying2learn]

haven't seen him down there yet - but i don't know about that other stuff you're talking about.

[BlackGoat]

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haven't seen him down there yet - but i don't know about that other stuff you're talking about.

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I don't want to be starting rumours or anything, since I have no way of knowing, but a month or two ago there were threads about him having gone back to Europe because of gambling debts.

[radek2166]

Saw him playing on PS yesterday

[otnemem]

Apparently speculation is not allowed on this forum anymore. I expect a deletion soon.

[Jax_Grinder]

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I don't want to be starting rumours or anything, since I have no way of knowing

[/ QUOTE ]

and then you go on to spread the rumor.

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4. This isn't a reflection on you personally, but...
3. I don't mean to state the obvious, but...
2. I'm not saying he's gay, but...

and No. 1 of all time...

1. I don't mean to start a rumor, but...

[RicktheRuler]

I'll perpetuate the rumor.

I heard that Gus Hansen is stuck for a lot of cash. Apparently, he either doesn't want to pay or can't pay.

I think the fact that one of the most talented and well known tournament pros is conspicuously absent from the "mother of all poker tournaments" is enough to prompt further speculation.

[trying2learn]

i think it's odd he was spotted playing online though - if he's avoiding people he owes money to (alegedly) - why play poker online and piss them off even more?

[RicktheRuler]

Probably because he is in Monte Carlo and doesn't give a
*%$#.

[BadVoodooX]

That would be seriously bad news for the WPT, seeing how Gus is their poster boy. Hard to believe though that he couldn't find someone to stake him for just the WSOP NLHE tourneys if nothing else, based on his track record as a NLHE tournament player.

[RicktheRuler]

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someone to stake him for just the WSOP NLHE tourneys

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I do not think he needs a stake. He plays on PS all the time, which leads me to believe he obviously has SOME money.

I think he just doen't want to give up the money (i read somewhere it was $4m that he owes.

[Freudian]

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I think he just doen't want to give up the money (i read somewhere it was $4m that he owes.

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I read somewhere that Elvis was spotted in a supermarket 20 years after he supposedly died.

[RicktheRuler]

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I think he just doen't want to give up the money (i read somewhere it was $4m that he owes.


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I read somewhere that Elvis was spotted in a supermarket 20 years after he supposedly died.

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Very comparable. Nice job.

[Hold'me]

That rumour was already proven to be bs, why try to continue it? Gus only plays in the bigger buy-in events, so expect to see him at the main event.

[Freudian]

You are free to cite a reliable source, but as long as it is something you read somewhere it has about zero value.

[Beavis68]

Paul Phillips has said something to the effect that he (Paul) doesn't want to deal with the gigantic fields. Maybe Gus feels similarly?

[trying2learn]

i think that's interesting - just because undoubtedly it's all the more dead money in the pot.

i understand it's like a mine field, but that's why (imho) you see the pros this week either going out within the first hours...or making a run at winning the thing.

the +EV in these has to be huge for the seasoned pro.

[Freudian]

Not all players like to play all different kinds of poker games. And not all of them will feel good about a month straight of tournament play.

I don't see any reason to draw any big conclusions from who has played/not played the first events.

[MichaelOar]

You can call me names for railbirding Gus while he played 100/200 HU, buy hey--I'm just trying learn. Anyway:

PokerStars Game #1846330913: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2005/06/06 - 18:53:17 (ET)
Table 'Gratia' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: broksi ($11048 in chips)
Seat 6: Quackers ($949 in chips)
Quackers: posts small blind $50
broksi: posts big blind $100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Quackers: calls $50
broksi: raises $100 to $200
MazeOrBowie said, "broksi are u playing in WSOP events?"
Quackers: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [4d Jc 4s]
Quackers: checks
broksi: bets $100
Quackers: calls $100
*** TURN *** [4d Jc 4s] [2s]
Quackers: bets $200
broksi: folds
Quackers collected $599 from pot
Quackers: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $600 | Rake $1
Board [4d Jc 4s 2s]
Seat 4: broksi (button) (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Quackers (small blind) collected ($599)
PokerStars Game #1846333849: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2005/06/06 - 18:53:42 (ET)
Table 'Gratia' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: broksi ($10748 in chips)
Seat 6: Quackers ($1248 in chips)
broksi: posts small blind $50
Quackers: posts big blind $100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
broksi said, "not when im in denmark"
broksi: raises $100 to $200
Quackers: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [8c 2c Qs]
broksi: bets $100
Quackers: raises $100 to $200
MazeOrBowie said, "got ya"
broksi: calls $100
*** TURN *** [8c 2c Qs] [4d]
broksi: checks
Quackers: bets $200
broksi: calls $200
*** RIVER *** [8c 2c Qs 4d] [6c]
broksi: checks
Quackers: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
broksi: shows [Ts 9d] (high card Queen)
Quackers: shows [Js 2s] (a pair of Deuces)
Quackers collected $1199 from pot
MazeOrBowie said, "gonna play any?"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1200 | Rake $1
Board [8c 2c Qs 4d 6c]
Seat 4: broksi (small blind) showed [Ts 9d] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 6: Quackers (button) (big blind) showed [Js 2s] and won ($1199) with a pair of Deuces
PokerStars Game #1846337678: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2005/06/06 - 18:54:17 (ET)
Table 'Gratia' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: broksi ($10148 in chips)
Seat 6: Quackers ($1847 in chips)
Quackers: posts small blind $50
broksi: posts big blind $100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Quackers: calls $50
broksi said, "the last one for sure"
broksi said, "the rest ???"
Quackers said, "me2"
broksi: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 6c Td]
Quackers: bets $100
broksi: raises $100 to $200
MazeOrBowie said, "got ya"
Quackers: folds
broksi collected $399 from pot
broksi: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $400 | Rake $1
Board [7s 6c Td]
Seat 4: broksi (button) (big blind) collected ($399)
Seat 6: Quackers (small blind) folded on the Flop
PokerStars Game #1846341254: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2005/06/06 - 18:54:49 (ET)
Table 'Gratia' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: broksi ($10347 in chips)
Seat 6: Quackers ($1647 in chips)
broksi: posts small blind $50
Quackers: posts big blind $100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
broksi: raises $100 to $200
Quackers: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [Jc Qs Kc]
MazeOrBowie said, "yea didnt mean to be nosy...just hadnt seen u out here"
broksi: bets $100
Quackers: raises $100 to $200
broksi: folds
Quackers collected $599 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $600 | Rake $1
Board [Jc Qs Kc]
Seat 4: broksi (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Quackers (button) (big blind) collected ($599)
PokerStars Game #1846343863: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2005/06/06 - 18:55:11 (ET)
Table 'Gratia' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: broksi ($10047 in chips)
Seat 6: Quackers ($1946 in chips)
Quackers: posts small blind $50
broksi: posts big blind $100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Quackers: folds
broksi collected $100 from pot
broksi: doesn't show hand
broksi said, "be there in a week"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100 | Rake $0
Seat 4: broksi (button) (big blind) collected ($100)
Seat 6: Quackers (small blind) folded before Flop

[Russ McGinley]

Why would you get called names for asking a legitimate question? Anyway, good info.

[wray]

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I don't want to be starting rumours or anything, since I have no way of knowing

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and then you go on to spread the rumor.

Top Five prefatory remarks...

5. I don't mean to offend anyone, but...
4. This isn't a reflection on you personally, but...
3. I don't mean to state the obvious, but...
2. I'm not saying he's gay, but...

and No. 1 of all time...

1. I don't mean to start a rumor, but...

[/ QUOTE ]

3.14 It's not you it's me.

[Jax_Grinder]

Railbird.

Your antics cost Gus $1000 over that series of hands. He's definitely broke now.

[ClaytonN]

g1 Michael.

[benfranklin]

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I don't want to be starting rumours or anything, since I have no way of knowing

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and then you go on to spread the rumor.

Top Five prefatory remarks...

[/ QUOTE ]

You forgot, in no particular order:

I tried to do a search on this but...

My roommate's brother is a dealer in LV, and he says...

I just read on rgp...

I just read in a poker blog...

I don't really believe this, but I heard...

[benfranklin]

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I read somewhere that Elvis was spotted in a supermarket 20 years after he supposedly died.

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't want to start a rumor or anything, but I heard that Elvis is in Monte Carlo, trying to get Gus to stake him for the main event. Elvis is hiding out because he pretended to be a banker named Andy Beal and lost a ton of money in the big game and couldn't cover it.

[Freudian]

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I read somewhere that Elvis was spotted in a supermarket 20 years after he supposedly died.

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't want to start a rumor or anything, but I heard that Elvis is in Monte Carlo, trying to get Gus to stake him for the main event. Elvis is hiding out because he pretended to be a banker named Andy Beal and lost a ton of money in the big game and couldn't cover it.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ah, this information is golden. I will spread it because hey, I read it somewhere.

[Army Eye]

Gus only plays buy-ins that are 10k and up. This is nothing new.

[Smoothcall]

This is probably a bs rumor. More like he likes to lose alot more than that on a regualr basis so its not worth his time to ionly lose 1k or 2k in an event. When he can lose hundreds of thousands or millions elswhere. You will see him for the bigger events i'm sure.

[In Paradise]

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Paul Phillips has said something to the effect that he (Paul) doesn't want to deal with the gigantic fields. Maybe Gus feels similarly?

[/ QUOTE ]

Good thing (for them) that Fischman, Flack, and Devilfish didn't think that way.

[Rushmore]

My dad owns a dealership, and...

[KenProspero]

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I don't want to start a rumor or anything, but I heard that Elvis is in Monte Carlo,

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You're wrong -- I've been told by a Very Reliable source that Elvis is back in Vegas and that he's going to be playing Negraneau heads up. Elvis chose "Indian Poker" as the game for them to play.

Negraneau said that since he hasn't played this game since he was 4, Elvis will probably be a big favorite, but a deal's a deal.

[2+2 wannabe]

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haven't seen him down there yet - but i don't know about that other stuff you're talking about.

[/ QUOTE ]

I don't want to be starting rumours or anything, since I have no way of knowing, but a month or two ago there were threads about him having gone back to Europe because of gambling debts.

[/ QUOTE ]

i'm friends with a guy that knows gus' dad's hairstylist's best friend - and this is EXACTLY true. you guys can trust me, the poker player that you know as 2+2 wannabe.

[benfranklin]

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Elvis chose "Indian Poker" as the game for them to play.



[/ QUOTE ]

Doubt it. Some people, pros even, won't play Indian poker. They can't handle the swings.

[Prodigy]

lol, wow, that just made me crack up.
had to give u props.

[Sponger15SB]

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This is probably a bs rumor. More like he likes to lose alot more than that on a regualr basis so its not worth his time to ionly lose 1k or 2k in an event. When he can lose hundreds of thousands or millions elswhere. You will see him for the bigger events i'm sure.

[/ QUOTE ]

Uh, did you read the part of this thread where he is playing $100-200?

[Smoothcall]

no i didn't.

[Kevin K.]

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That would be seriously bad news for the WPT, seeing how Gus is their poster boy. Hard to believe though that he couldn't find someone to stake him for just the WSOP NLHE tourneys if nothing else, based on his track record as a NLHE tournament player.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm pretty sure the WPT would survive w/o Gus Hansen.

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[Kevin K.]

I'm not sure why you would call his absence "conspicuous". He only played the main event last year.

[MicroBob]

ummmm...hello people??!?!?!
Memphis resident and Elvis-sighter here.

Elvis was in Memphis as of a FEW HOURS AGO.
I saw him. He was singing Blue Suede Shoes on Beale Street.

If he's trying to woo Gus to the WSOP he's doing it over the phone.

[Freudian]

I think Elvis is too tight as a poker player. Afterall he is the King of Rock.

/me runs and hides.

[BlackGoat]

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I'm not sure why you would call his absence "conspicuous". He only played the main event last year.

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What was the last WPT tournament he played in?

[Kevin K.]

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I'm not sure why you would call his absence "conspicuous". He only played the main event last year.

[/ QUOTE ]

What was the last WPT tournament he played in?

[/ QUOTE ]

What's the price of tea in China???

[Your Mom]

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Elvis chose "Indian Poker" as the game for them to play.



[/ QUOTE ]

Doubt it. Some people, pros even, won't play Indian poker. They can't handle the swings.

[/ QUOTE ]

Anyone else notice that all of this guy's posts lately are quotes from Rounders? We get it...you've seen Rounders and it has quotes that apply to poker.

[TheShootah]

He is on TV next week, but I don't know if he played in any in between that one.

[AceHiStation]

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Elvis chose "Indian Poker" as the game for them to play.



[/ QUOTE ]

Doubt it. Some people, pros even, won't play Indian poker. They can't handle the swings.

[/ QUOTE ]

Anyone else notice that all of this guy's posts lately are quotes from Rounders? We get it...you've seen Rounders and it has quotes that apply to poker.

[/ QUOTE ]

At least this one was funny

[Zetack]

[ QUOTE ]
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I don't want to be starting rumours or anything, since I have no way of knowing

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and then you go on to spread the rumor.

Top Five prefatory remarks...

5. I don't mean to offend anyone, but...
4. This isn't a reflection on you personally, but...
3. I don't mean to state the obvious, but...
2. I'm not saying he's gay, but...

and No. 1 of all time...

1. I don't mean to start a rumor, but...

[/ QUOTE ]

If you're in the south, and a woman, you can say any mean vile thing you want about somebody as long as you include, "Bless his heart..."

--Zetack

[Jax_Grinder]

Dude, that is SOOOO correct. And its not even close.

[Kashie]

Some guys make more Cash playing online.

[Paul Phillips]

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Paul Phillips has said something to the effect that he (Paul) doesn't want to deal with the gigantic fields. Maybe Gus feels similarly?

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Good thing (for them) that Fischman, Flack, and Devilfish didn't think that way.

[/ QUOTE ]

Good thing paul phillips doesn't think that way either. I'm playing in the smaller events because I can only play a few events, I get more than enough NLH the other eleven months, and I don't consider it a good time to have to fight two thousand people for five urinals (among various other inconveniences that are included with the mega-events.) In general I have no objection to facing large fields: quite the opposite, I prefer them.

[fnord_too]

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I don't consider it a good time to have to fight two thousand people for five urinals

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hmmmm, I can see a new shady tactic of "urinal stalling" arising.

[NYCNative]

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I don't consider it a good time to have to fight two thousand people for five urinals.

[/ QUOTE ]Can't you, like, hire someone to piss for you?

[Beavis68]

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In general I have no objection to facing large fields: quite the opposite, I prefer them.

[/ QUOTE ]

As long as they aren't in the men's room?

That was why I didn't actually quote you, and put it as "somthing like".

Still, I was off-base, sorry to all.