 Gus
Hansen, also referred to
as the Great Dane, is one
of the top professional
high stakes players both
online and live. Born in
Copenhagen Denmark his career
first started as a pro backgammon
player and tennis player.
He eventually made his way
to California where he began
playing poker at the Ocean
View Card Room in Santa
Cruz while attending UC
as an exchange student
Gus’s is notorious for his playing style which includes strong aggressive
plays, and raising with any two cards. This was seen during the PokerStars Invitational
Tournament where Gus basically went all in while playing in the dark almost
every hand. He took down that tournament as well as a grand prize of $400,000.
He has set a record as the
only player to date who
has managed to win three
World Poker Tour open tournaments,
and a second place finish
during the 2008 WPT Championship
taking home over $1.7
Million.
By far one of his most memorable
moments was during an
episode of High Stakes
Poker where he and Daniel
Negreanu played heads-up
in the 5th biggest pot
during the shows airing.
During the hand Daniel
had a full house 6’s over 5’s
while Gus held quad 5’s taking down a pot of $575,700. Other titles including
the 2007 Aussie Millions main event championship,
Ttotal
live tournament winnings
exceed $7,200,000. |
