Whenever it seems like maybe, just maybe Gus Hansen might be pulling out of this protracted downswing, he has yet another poor week.
According to HighstakesDB, Hansen lost more than $350,000 over the past seven days, which brings his losses since Full Tilt Poker relaunched in November of last year to more than $6 million. Hansen was on an incredible upswing prior to the site shutting down in 2011 and since its reboot has gone on an equally fantastic plunge.
It took Hansen, according to HSDB, 123,684 hands to lose that much.
His “Gus Hansen” screen name on the software is down about $9.2 million lifetime.
Hansen has dropped down in stakes at times lately, but still can be seen playing as high as $2,000-$4,000 on Full Tilt against the best of the best. Hansen is persistent and stubborn, traits that work well at times, but usually hurt him.
While Hansen took a dive this week, Viktor “Isildur1” Bloom won $750,000. The Swede has been up and down all year, but mostly up. He is this year’s biggest winner so far.
Here’s a rundown on the charts as of Friday.
Winners
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom: $3.4 million
Alexander “PostflopAction” Kostritsyn: $3.3 million
Ben “Bttech86” Tollerene: $2.2 million
Phil “OMGClayAiken” Galfond: $2.2 million
Patrik “FinddaGrind” Antonius: $2.1 million
Losers
Gus Hansen: -$2.8 million
Ben “Sauce1234” Sulsky: -$1.7 million
Phil “Polarizing” Ivey: -$1.6 million
samrostan: -$1.4 million
patpatpanda: -$1.3 million
Figures via HighstakesDB.
