HOW MUCH?

[arbboy]

He has actually lost over $20 million. The $17 million figure was just for the period after he rejoined Full Tilt post black friday. I just wrote a piece today actually (live on saturday) about how an entire high stakes economy can be propped up by one person like Gus, or Guy, or Andy Beal etc. He hasnt played for a month and the nosebleed games have died.

These losses are since about 2007, so before that, who knows?

FYI from every nosebleed player I have asked, the site that records these results (HighstakesDB) is about 95% accurate. I'm pretty certain if Gus had not lost that much, he or FTP would have made a point of saying so.

Fun pop fact though, he is actually the biggest recorded winner in online stud games.

As a shareholder for FTP of old, I'm sure he had a bit of a buffer for those 20 million wins.

It would seem logical to assume he was winning pre 2007.

[DMorgan]

Russian oligarchs like to play pretty big at backgammon

[AlunB]

Russian oligarchs like to play pretty big at backgammon

How big that someone is comfortable punting off circa $5m a year playing poker?

[DaveShoelace]

Russian oligarchs like to play pretty big at backgammon

How big that someone is comfortable punting off circa $5m a year playing poker?

$5,000,350?

[AlunB]

Russian oligarchs like to play pretty big at backgammon

How big that someone is comfortable punting off circa $5m a year playing poker?

$5,000,350?

Not leaving a huge amount for living expenses there.

He lives in Monaco not Sheffield

[DaveShoelace]

Russian oligarchs like to play pretty big at backgammon

How big that someone is comfortable punting off circa $5m a year playing poker?

$5,000,350?

Not leaving a huge amount for living expenses there.

He lives in Monaco not Sheffield

Whoa there, Sheffield isn't some horrible poverty stricken industrial scene from Kes you know.

We have a Nandos now.

[AlunB]

Russian oligarchs like to play pretty big at backgammon

How big that someone is comfortable punting off circa $5m a year playing poker?

$5,000,350?

Not leaving a huge amount for living expenses there.

He lives in Monaco not Sheffield

Whoa there, Sheffield isn't some horrible poverty stricken industrial scene from Kes you know.

We have a Nandos now.

In doesn't get any better than that.

In Sheffield I mean. It literally doesn't...

[SuuPRlim]

Gus isn't a fish. However you play 8-game against the very best 8-game players, 2-7 vs the very best 2-7 players and O8 vs the very bet O8 players all at 2k/4k you're likely gonna do your money.

He sold that poker site to ?betfair? For €25m a while back did he not(think he had two partners....) He'd have made a lot of money from FTP over the years  and even with his $20m FTP deficit I'd be pretty confident he's still a big lifetime winner from gambling.

I know 100% (he actually told me at a poker table) he as a regular backgammon opponent where they play €6,000 a point "and it's an aggro game" lol. (Would go 4x or 8x a lot I imagine)

[pleno1]

he also sold a book

[Kmac84]

he also sold a book

The only sure way to figure out Gus's networth is to ask "What Lodden thinks"