Guy Laliberte (poker)

Guy Laliberte is the Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil. He is infamous in the poker world for losing tens of millions of dollar playing high stakes cash games online and live. Many say the highest stakes games online exist solely for Laliberte. When he plays the games are full with a long waiting list, when he leaves the games instantly break. He mainly plays on Full Tilt Poker under the names noataima, elmariachiamacho, Lady Marmelade and patatino. Those same four screen names are the four biggest losers on Full Tilt, by a wide margin, since 2007, according to HighStakesDB.com.

In 2009 Laliberte was sued for more than $50,000,000 by his former partner and the mother of his childen, so she could buy a helicopter, among other things. You can read more about this interesting saga on ThePlayr Poker News

PokerVerdict says: He has one of the biggest bankrolls in Las Vegas, so putting up the $500k needed for a High Stakes Poker buy-in will never be a problem for this 'poker player'.

External References

 * Wikipedia Article
 * Guy Laliberte Sued for $50,000,000
 * PokerVerdict Article