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.

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2006: 2nd place Poker Superstars Invitational Season 3 Semi Final

2006: Winner Poker Superstars Invitational Season 3 Quarter Finals Match 2

2006: 4th place Poker Superstars Invitational Season 3 Quarter Finals Match 1

2006: Winner Fulltiltpoker.com London All Star Challenge

2006: 2nd place Party Poker Football & Poker Legends Cup Finals

2006: 6th place Party Poker Football & Poker Legends Cup Denmark vs. USA

2006: Winner Party Poker Football & Poker Legends Cup Republic of Ireland vs Denmark

2006: 10th place Tournament of Champions No Limit Holdem

2006: 6th place Party Poker Football & Poker Legends Cup - France vs Denmark

2006: 6th place WPT Bad Boys of Poker II No Limit Holdem

2005: 5th place Full Tilt Poker Invitational $120,000 No Limit Holdem

2005: 62nd place Monte Carlo Millions $25,000 No Limit Holdem

2005: 21st place WPT 2nd Annual Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship

2005: 4th place Danish Championship No Limit Holdem

2005: 5th place EPT Barcelona Open Main Event

2005: 16th place EPT Grand Final No Limit Holdem

2005: 3rd place WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker Championship Event

2005: Winner Poker Superstars Invitational Grand Final

2004: 10th place Gaming Club World Poker Championship Pot Limit Holdem

2004: 150th place WSOP Main Event

2004: Winner WPT PokerStars.com Caribbean Adventure No Limit Holdem

2003: 6th place WPT Battle of Champions No Limit Holdem

2003: 3rd place WPT Bellagio 5-Diamond World Poker Classic Main Event

2003: Winner WPT Bad Boys of Poker

2003: Winner WPT L.A. Poker Classic

2002: Winner WPT 5-Diamond World Poker Classic

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.

Gus Hansen Poker Profile

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