Even though he won 1.8 M$ for his 5th place finish at the Big One for One Drop of WSOP, Guy Laliberté is not a winning poker player, is well known. But for a billionaire and one of the richest people on the planet, it is not these some losses that will help him put bread on the table. Guy Laliberté has long played poker online for fun (we expect) the high limits. Losing continuously had never bothered him far, playing more for the fun than for the money.
But losing also has its limits. After 7 years of online poker and after multiplying the screenames ("noataima", "patatino", "Lady marmalade"), Guy wants to retire (to a tip at least) online poker tables. On this subject he comments: "I lose a lot of money online, so I decided to take a little rest. I started to player poker about 7 years ago, I was in Las Vegas with a friend who took me to a table of Texas Hold'em. I immediately liked the social aspect of the game and his friendly competitive spirit. ''
It is not easy to know how much money Laliberté lost exactly on the tables of online poker, but some argue the figure of $ 15 million. This new must of course make several players of highstakes sad.
Guy now wishes to play primarily for fun and competition and plans to spend his playing time at tournaments, and especially the Big One For One Drop, which two will take place at the upcoming WSOP. He will play alongside greats such as Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey poker!
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