Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen at the 2006 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s)	The Great Dane
Hometown	Copenhagen, Denmark
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	None
Money finishes	1
Highest ITM main event finish	150th, 2004
World Poker Tour
Titles	3(+1)
Final tables	5(+3)
Money finishes	8

Gustav Hansen (born February 13, 1974 outside Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco.^[1] Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) began on June 25, 2006 with satellite events, with regular play commencing on June 26 with the annual Casino Employee event, and the Tournament of Champions held on June 28 and 29. ... This article needs cleanup. ... The WSOP logo The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world. ... The large and growing jargon of poker includes many terms. ... The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe after Harrahs Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Copenhagen (IPA: or ; Danish: IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city. ... A game of Texas holdem, currently the most popular form of poker, in progress. ...

Biography

Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. He was known for being a sports enthusiast throughout his teens, competing in several indoor and outdoor sports as a successful junior athlete. In 2000, he moved to New York City, and tried to make a living playing professional backgammon, but found the field too small for his taste. Backgammon is a board game for two players in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ...

He calls himself a professional gambler and has been known to take private bets on various personal athletic challenges (such as running), other than poker and professional sports. Gambling (or betting) is any behavior involving the risk of money or valuables on the outcome of a game, contest, or other event in which the outcome of that activity is partially or totally dependent upon chance. ...

Poker career

Hansen started playing poker in Santa Cruz, California while he was an exchange student at The University of California at Santa Cruz in 1993. He is notorious for his extremely loose, aggressive play. He has a reputation for raising or bluffing with almost any two cards, which leads to opponents calling (or raising) his bets when he has a legitimate hand. Santa Cruz is the county seat and largest city of Santa Cruz County, California, United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California. ... // In the card game of poker, to bluff is to bet or raise with an inferior hand, or with a hand believed to be inferior. ...

As of 2007, his total live tournament winnings exceed $4,800,000.^[2]

World Series of Poker

Gus has not done well at the WSOP tournaments. His best career finish came in the 2004 Main Event, where he finished in 150th place and in the money. In the 2006 Tournament of Champions, Gus finally made a World Series of Poker final table, but lost on the very first hand with Ace King against a pair of 9s. The World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions is an invitational freeroll poker event. ...

2007 has been a different story for Gus in the main event. After Day 2B (July 11th), he is currently a chip leader with 622,300 in chips. Players this year started with $20,000 in the main event.

World Poker Tour

Hansen is the only player to win three World Poker Tour (WPT) open tournaments. He also won the first WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event. In 2004, he was inducted into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is designed to honor those poker players who have played the game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature. ... Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson (born August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Fisher County, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 50 years. ... James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor. ...

European Poker Masters

Gus Hansen & EPM tournament director Mel Judah

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Poker Superstars

Hansen won the inaugural $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, winning the $1,000,000 first prize in a one-table event featuring some of the most well-known players today. He did not appear in the second series. The Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament is a series of no limit Texas hold em poker tournaments. ...

Other events

Hansen finished in the money of the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and also made the final table of a European Poker Tour (EPT) event in Barcelona. The 2004 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was held at Binions Horseshoe after Harrahs Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January. ... The European Poker Tour (EPT) began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold em popularity. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (Catalan) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ...

In 2006, Hansen was a member of the winning Danish team in the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup tournament, alongside Theo Jørgensen and Kim Christofte. The PartyPoker. ... Theo Jørgensen is a Danish professional poker player, based in Copenhagen. ... Kim Piitala Christofte (born August 24, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player, who played a prominent role when won the Denmark national football team won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92) tournament, as he scored the deciding penalty kick in the semi-final against...

He is currently featured in the Professional Poker Tour and the second season of High Stakes Poker, where he won the biggest pot in the show's history ($575,700) when his 5♦ 5♣ defeated Daniel Negreanu's 6♠ 6♥ on a board of 9♣ 6♦ 5♥ 5♠ 8♠. The Professional Poker Tour (PPT) is a series of televised poker tournaments, spinning off from the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series. ... High Stakes Poker Logo High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. ... Daniel Kid Poker Negreanu (born July 26, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional poker player. ...

He was in Singapore in November 12-17, 2006 to participate in the Betfair Asian Poker Tour. is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... Betfair Logo Betfair is the worlds largest Internet betting exchange. ...

Gus was the first winner on NBC's Poker After Dark earning him $120,000, as he outlasted a field of six pro's including Phil Hellmuth and Huck Seed. NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Poker After Dark is an hour-long late-night program that is NBCs entry into the current poker television craze, which debuted January 2007 in its NBC All Night programming lineup, airing six nights a week. ... Phillip J. Hellmuth, Jr. ... Huckleberry (Huck) Seed (born 1969?) is an American professional poker player. ...

In January 2007, Gus won the $10,500 main event at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia, beating a field of 747 players to take home the AUD $1,500,000 first prize. It is proposed that this article be deleted, because of the following concern: Crystal ball, user has created future months and dates before, and been told not to (See User Talk:Jose and Ricardo). ... The Crown Australian Poker Championship, commonly known as Aussie Millions is a poker tournament held in Crown Casino, Australia. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 3. ...

Other ventures

Gus Hansen was a founding partner and house pro of the online poker site pokerchamps.com, launched in 2003. In 2005 the company and game software technology were sold to the British company Betfair, for over 100 million Danish kroner (approximately £8.8 million / 13 million euro / $15,000,000 USD). Despite the sale, Hansen was involved in a PokerChamps Danish championship in October 2005. In 2006, he signed a three year contract to play exclusively on Full Tilt Poker.^[3] Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. ... Betfair Logo Betfair is the worlds largest Internet betting exchange. ... ISO 4217 Code DKK User(s) Denmark, Greenland, Faroe Islands 1 Inflation 1. ... ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies Inflation 2. ... “EUR” redirects here. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in October 28: Richard Smalley 26: Emil Kyulev 24: José Azcona del Hoyo 24: Rosa Parks 23: Stella Obasanjo 22: Liam Lawlor 22: Shirley Horn 20: Endon Mahmood 17: Ba Jin 10: Milton Obote 7: Charles... Full Tilt Poker Logo Full Tilt Poker is an online poker cardroom launched in June 2004 with the involvement of a team of poker professionals, among them Howard Lederer, Phil Ivey, Andy Bloch and Chris Ferguson. ...

In 2005, Hansen appeared in Texas Hold'Em Poker Advanced Strategies With Gus Hansen, which is part of the Going All In instructional series of DVDs.

He is presently a spokesmodel for Frank Q, a Danish men's fashion line, which he is contracted to wear exclusively for public appearances.^[4] A spokesperson (spokesman or spokeswoman), or spokesmodel is a person who speaks on behalf of others, but is understood not to be necessarily part of the others (e. ...

Losses

Despite his ongoing success, Hansen has struggled with money problems, reportedly because of losses during live cash games. ^[5] Hansen is a regular in the The Big Game normally held in "Bobby’s Room" at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. He has said that his losses aren't a secret and has admitted to losing a million or so at a couple of games. He also admits to being a perennial loser in sports betting, so much so that he wishes he could stop.^[6] Ring games, also called cash games, are live poker games played with real chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. ... The Big Game refers to a famous poker table in Bobbys Room at the Bellagio casino. ... Bellagio is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. It is owned by MGM Mirage. ... For further information, see Las Vegas metropolitan area and Las Vegas Strip. ... Sports betting is the general activity of predicting sports results by making a wager on the outcome of a sporting event. ...

Trivia

• Claims to have learned to speak English by listening to, and reading the liner notes of, Pink Floyd albums in his youth.
• People Magazine's editors voted him as the "Sexiest Poker Player" in their December 2004 50 Sexiest Men Alive issue.
• Was the subject of a Danish TV documentary called Royal Straight Flush in 2003.
• Writes a weekly blog for the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet in Danish, which is reprinted on his official site with accompanying English translations.

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References

Gary Jones, also known as The Choirboy is a professional poker player from London, England. ...

External links

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• Official site
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• EveryPoker profile
• Guide To Poker profile
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• PokerPages profile
• Card Player Magazine cover article
• Barry Greenstein on Gus Hansen
• Fox Sports video interview
• PokerNews article
• Ten Questions with Gus Hansen
• Five Questions With Gus Hansen
• Bluff Magazine's Bluff Poker Radio interview (audio) October 4, 2006
• Rounders - The Poker Show interview (audio) January 28, 2007
• Hendon Mob tournament results