Gus Hansen Poker Profile

Gustav "The Great Dane" Hansen also known as Gus, was born on February 13, 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1993, Gus was an exchange student at UCSC in Santa Cruz, California and it was there that he started playing poker. Hansen was known for his extremely loose and aggressive play style. He had a reputation for raising with almost any two cards, thus leading his opponents to call when he actually had a hand.

Before he turned pro in poker, Gus was a world-class backgammon player and had been a champion tennis player as a youth. He competed as was successful as a junior athlete. In 2000, Hansen moved to New York City to be a professional backgammon player, but found that there weren't too many other professional backgammon players. So, he decided to take some private bets on various athletic challenges. After that he became a professional poker player.

Player stats

2011: 7th place Aussie Millions Poker Championship A$25,000 Full Tilt Poker Invitational Shootout
2010: Winner FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX Final
2010: 2nd place Full Tilt Poker Late Night Poker $10,000 Heat 8
2010: Winner FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX Heat 5
2010: Winner WSOPE £10,000 No Limit Hold’em High Rollers Heads-Up
2010 6th place Poker Lounge $20,000 Episode 5
2010: 23rd place Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event
2009: 6th place Full Tilt Poker Million VIII Turbo Heat 2
2009: 2nd place Full Tilt Poker Million VII Heat 12
2009: Winner WSOPE Caesars Cup – Europe vs USA
2009: 2nd place Late Night Poker $10,000 Finals
2009: Winner Late Night Poker Heat G
2009: 9th place WSOP $50,000 HORSE
2008: 9th place Partouche Poker Tour €8,500 Grand Final No Limit Hold’em
2008: 160th place WSOP Main Event
2008: 10th place WSOP 8 Game Championship
2008: 2nd place WPT 6th Annual 5 Star World Poker Classic Championship Event
2008: 5th place Poker After Dark III Week 8 Gus and the Ladies
2008: 5th place NBC National Heads Up Finals
2008: 4th place Poker After Dark III Week 6 International
2007: 22nd place WPT Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond World Poker Classic No Limit Hold’em
2007: 5th place WPT Spanish Championship €7,500 No Limit Hold’em
2007: 10th place WSOPE Main Event
2007: 61st place WSOP Main Event
2007: 5th place Poker After Dark II Week 20 Signature Week
2007: 3rd place Poker After Dark II Week 15 WPT Multiple Winners
2007: 6th place Poker After Dark II Week 12 International Event
2007: 3rd place Poker After Dark Week 7 2007: 8th place Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament III Championship
2007: Winner Aussie Millions A$10,000 Main Event
2007: Winner Poker After Dark Week 1
2006: 2nd place Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 3 Semi Final
2006: Winner Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 3 Quarter Finals
2006: Winner FullTiltPoker.com London All Star Challenge £2,000 No Limit Hold’em
2006: 2nd place Party Poker Football & Poker Legends Cup Finals
2006: 10th place Tournament of Champions No Limit Hold’em
2006: 6th place WPT Bad Boys of Poker II No Limit Hold’em
2005: 5th place Full Tilt Poker Invitational $120,000 No Limit Hold’em
2005: 62nd place Monte Carlo Millions $25,000 No Limit Hold’em
2005: 21st place WPT Festa Al Lago $10,000 No Limit Hold’em
2005: 4th place Danish Championships No Limit Hold’em
2005: 5th place EPT Barcelona Open Main Event
2005: 16th place EPT Grand Final No Limit Hold’em
2005: 3rd place WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker Championship Event
2005: Winner Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament $400,000 Grand Final
2004: 10th place Gaming Club World Poker Championship Episode 2
2004: 150th place WSOP Main Event
2004: Winner WPT PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure $7,500 No Limit Hold’em
2003: 6th place WPT Battle of Champions
2003: 3rd place WPT 5 Diamond World Poker Classic No Limit Hold’em Championship
2003: Winner WPT Bad Boys of Poker
2003: Winner WPT LA Poker Classic No Limit Hold’em Championship
2002: Winner WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Final

Gus was one of the founding partners of the online poker site, pokerchamps.com that was launched in 2003. But the company was bought out in 2005. Despite the sale, Gus is still playing there and was in the PokerChamps Danish Championship in 2005.

Having been voted People Magazine's "Sexiest Poker Player" in 2004, it doesn't surprise us that Gus is a model and and spokesperson for Frank Q, a Danish men's fashion clothing line.

Gus claims to have learned to speak English by listening to and reading the liner notes of Pink Floyd albums when he was younger.

Gus currently divides his time between Monaco and Las Vegas.