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Gustav (Gus) “The Great Dane” Hansen (born February 13, 1973 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player who lives in Monaco. He is always featured on the NBC broadcast of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and he is playing in the third season of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament which FSN is presently airing on Sundays.

Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, he was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. Typical of the active Danish lifestyle, Gus was known for being a sports enthusiast throughout his teens, competing in several indoor and outdoor sports as a successful junior athlete. He only started playing poker in Santa Cruz, California while he was an exchange student. Prior to poker, he had been trying to make a living playing professional backgammon in New York and abroad, but found the field too small for his taste.

As a poker player, he is known for playing a non-standard game involving taking huge risks. However, his poker tournament record is impressive: He is the only player to win four World Poker Tour tournaments, plus he has won the Poker Superstars Invitational tournament, a one-table event featuring some of the most well-known players today.

Gus Hansen is best known for his unpredictable, loose-aggressive style of play. At times, it cost him money especially online. But in 2004, “The Great Dane” conquered the first season of the now defunct Poker SuperStars challenge on Fox Sports, beating some of the best players ever in the process. About Gus Hansen. Gustav Hansen, known as Gus Hansen in the poker world, is a Monaco-based Danish professional poker player, who has to his credit three World Series of Poker (WSOP) championships and has won the Aussie Millions 2007 Main Event and the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. This one, I promise, will absolutely blow your mind: This stars famous pro Gus Hansen. During an event called Poker Superstars III, with some of the biggest name in the game playing at a table.

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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.

Hansen 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. He seems to focus his play on maximizing his implied odds. He also seems skilled at reading opponents and avoiding traps. Perhaps most importantly, he is a probability expert, in command of the equity calculations necessary to play high level poker. He was one of the first inductees to the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame in 2004, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.

Gus Hansen was a founding partner and house pro of the online poker site Pokerchamps, launched in 2003. In 2005 the company and game software technology were sold to the British company Betfair, for over 100 million Danish kroner, which is approximately £8.8 million (13 million euro/over $15,000,000 USD). During commentary of the British Poker Open, Gary “The Choirboy” Jones indicated Hansen was having money problems, despite having tournament winnings of over $2,000,000 as of 2006, reportedly because of losses during live cash games, including the “The Big Game” normally held at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas.

Gus Hansen won the $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament and took home the $1,000,000 first prize.

In 2006, Gus has been even more selective about his participation in tournaments and other events. Recently, he played in the second season of High Stakes Poker where he won the biggest pot in the show's history ($575,700) defeating Daniel Negreanu's 6 6 with his 5 5 on a board of 9 6 5 5 8

Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen, aka “The Great Dane,” was born on February 13, 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is proficient at many more games than just poker. Gus Hansen was also a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. Gus Hansen also enjoys playing golf, squash, and soccer.

Gus Hansen started playing poker in 1993 when he was an exchange student at the University of California Santa Cruz. Gus Hansen quickly became one of the most unique players in poker, known widely for his aggressive play and winning antics.

Gus Hansen is most well-known for his World Poker Tour victories, having won an unprecedented four World Poker Tour titles. He won the inaugural World Poker Tour event in 2003, the $10000 No Limit Holdem tournament at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic. Later in 2003, Gus Hansen won the $10000 No Limit Holdem Championship at the World Poker Tour’s LA Poker Classic. Gus Hansen won the invitation-only Bad Boys of Poker WPT event in the WPT’s second season. He also won his fourth WPT title in 2004 at the Caribbean Adventure tournament. He has made it to four more World Poker Tour final tables, but has not yet won a fifth title. Gus’ exploits at the WPT earned him a first year induction into the WPT’s Walk of Fame.

Gus Hansen hasn’t had much success at the World Series of Poker, but he has done well in several other poker tournaments. In 2006, he won the inaugural European Poker Masters event, The London All-Star Challenge. He has also won the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational. In early 2007, Gus Hansen won the Aussie Millions tournament held in Melbourne, Australia, winning AUD $1.5 million. As of 2013, Gus Hansen has won over $9,440,928 playing poker.

Gus Hansen lives in Copenhagen,Denmark and enjoys spending time with his one-year old niece, Sally, who he says will be his first poker protégé. Gus Hansen also helped professional poker player Phil Laak in his poker career by giving him a hoodie and a pair of sunglasses to wear while he played.

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