Gus Hansen
{{Short description|Danish poker player (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox poker player
| name = Gus Hansen
| nickname = The Great Dane
| image = Gus Hansen 2016.jpg
| caption = Hansen at the 2016 WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic
| residence = Monaco
| birth_name = Gustav Jacobsen
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Denmark
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|data5 = 61st, 2007
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Gustav Hansen (born 13 February 1974) is a Danish professional poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark who has lived in Monaco since 2003.{{Cite web |date=2 May 2017 |title=Gus Hansen on Monaco Cash Games and Jungleman |url=https://www.pokernews.com/tours/pokerstars-championship/2017-pokerstars-championship-presented-by-monte-ca/main-event/post.252255.htm |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=PokerNews.com}} In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, one WSOP bracelet and the 2007 Aussie Millions main event, and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was already a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion.{{cite news | url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2011/11/the-nightly-turbo-gus-hansen-racketlon-germany-wins-nations-11456.htm | title=The Nightly Turbo: Gus Hansen Eyes Racketlon Title, Germany Wins Nations Cup, & More | work=PokerNews | date=18 November 2011 | access-date=12 January 2016 | author=Collson, Brett}}
Poker career
=Tournaments=
Hansen started playing poker at the Ocean View Card Room in Santa Cruz, California,{{cite web|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/October/15/local/stories/04local.htm |title=Santa Cruz Sentinel |publisher=Santa Cruz Sentinel while he was an exchange student at UC Santa Cruz. Hansen recorded his first major tournament cash with a victory in the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic in May 2002. He won $556,460 for his victory.{{Cite web |title=Five Diamond World Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em - Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=5041 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In February 2003, Hansen won the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship at the WPT LA Poker Classic for $532,490.{{Cite web |title=2003 L.A. Poker Classic, No Limit Hold'em Championship - WPT |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=11689 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In January 2004, he won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $7,500 No Limit Hold'em event for $455,780.{{Cite web |title=PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2004, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7533 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Hansen was the first player to win three World Poker Tour (WPT) open tournaments. In addition, he won the first WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT Bad Boys of Poker, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16574 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} Hansen finished in the money in 150th place in the 2004 WSOP Main Event.{{Cite web |title=35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, World Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6628 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In the 2006 Tournament of Champions, Hansen made a World Series of Poker final table, but lost on the very first hand with ace king against a pair of 9s. In 2007, Hansen cashed in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em championship, coming in 61st place out of 6,358 players, winning $154,194.{{Cite web |title=38th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2007, World Championship No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26201 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In 2008, he came in 160th place out of 6,844 players to win a prize of $41,816.{{Cite web |title=39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008, World Championship No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=29730 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
In 2004, he was inducted into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.{{Cite web |last=Hartwell |first=Lewis |date=26 March 2014 |title=Gus Hansen Backgammon |url=https://somuchpoker.com/five-reasons-to-keep-faith-with-gus-hansen-2/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=So Much Poker |language=en-US}} On 27 April 2008, Hansen came in second to David Chiu at the Season 6 WPT Championship, earning $1,714,800.{{Cite web |title=World Poker Tour - WPT World Championship, No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=27646 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In September 2006, Hansen won the inaugural EPM event, The London All Star Challenge, beating Marc Goodwin to take home the title and a cheque for £53,600 ($US100,275).{{Cite web |title=FullTiltPoker.com London All Star Challenge, No Limit Hold'em |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=24429 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} 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 best-known players.{{Cite web |title=Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, Grand Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=15494 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} He did not appear in the second series, and lost to Antonio Esfandiari in the semifinals of the third.{{Cite web |title=Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament Season 3, Semi-Final - Group A |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=25350 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
Hansen made the final table of a European Poker Tour (EPT) event in Barcelona in September 2005.{{Cite web |title=European Poker Tour - EPT Barcelona, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=14114 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} 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. He was featured in the Professional Poker Tour and the second season of High Stakes Poker, where he won the fifth biggest pot in the show's history ($575,700), when his {{cards|5♦|5♣}} defeated Daniel Negreanu's {{cards|6♠|6♥}} on a board of {{cards|9♣|6♦|5♥|5♠|8♠}}.{{Cite web |last=Sofen |first=Jon |date=30 November 2023 |title=Gus Hansen is Back: Fan Favorite to Compete in WPT Premier Meet-Up Game |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2023/11/gus-hansen-wpt-meet-up-game-44993.htm |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=PokerNews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Pempus |first=Brian |date=21 February 2013 |title=Gus Hansen Needles Daniel Negreanu About $575,000 Monster Cooler From 2006 |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/15048-gus-hansen-needles-daniel-negreanu-about-575-000-monster-cooler-from-2006 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=CardPlayer.com}} He was in Singapore in 12–17 November 2006, to participate in the Betfair Asian Poker Tour. Hansen was the first winner on NBC's Poker After Dark, earning $120,000, as he outlasted a field of six pros, including Phil Hellmuth and Huck Seed.{{Cite web |title=Poker After Dark (PAD) Season I, Week 1 - Poker Brat Attack |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=26375 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In January 2007, Hansen won the $10,500 main event at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia, beating a field of 747 players to take home the A$1,500,000 first prize.{{Cite web |title=2007 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, Main Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=25757 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} In 2008, Lyle Stuart Kensington published Hansen's book Every Hand Revealed ({{ISBN|978-0818407277}}), a hand-by-hand account of his win.{{Cite web |title=Every Hand Revealed |url=https://www.kensingtonbooks.com/9780818407277/every-hand-revealed/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=Kensington Books Publishing |language=en-US}}
In 2010, Hansen won the £10,350 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up event at the WSOPE, winning his first WSOP bracelet and £288,409, equivalent to $451,880.{{Cite web |title=World Series Of Poker Europe - WSOPE 2010, No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Heads-Up |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=45511 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}} He also defeated Tony Bloom heads-up to win the Poker Million IX tournament, taking $1,000,000 for first prize.{{Cite web |title=FullTiltPoker.com Poker Million IX, Final |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=50413 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=461|title=Gus Hansen's profile on The Hendon Mob|website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database Poker Database}} In January 2012, he finished 3rd in the A$ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - $250,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne for $823,579.{{Cite web |title=2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, No Limit Hold'em - $250,000 Challenge |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=60583 |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}
=World Series of Poker bracelet=
| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Year ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Event ! style="background: #E9E9E9;" | Prize Money |
| 2010E
| £10,350 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up | £288,409 |
An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe
=Poker losses=
Despite his ongoing success, Hansen has struggled with money problems, reportedly because of losses in live cash games.Commentary of the 2005 British Poker Open, by Gary Jones Hansen is a regular in the Big Game normally held in "Bobby's Room" at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. He has said that his losses are not a secret and has admitted to losing a million dollars or so at a couple of games. He has lost $20.7 million on Full Tilt Poker as of March 2015.{{cite web |title=Gustav Hansen Full Tilt Player Profile |url=http://www.highstakesdb.com/profiles/Gus-Hansen.aspx |publisher=HighStakesDB |access-date=19 March 2015 |archive-date=31 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531021501/http://www.highstakesdb.com/profiles/Gus-Hansen.aspx |url-status=dead }}
=Style=
Hansen plays according to a strict pot odds-deductive approach which was highly successful in the poker-boom years, but which has also, in recent times, become highly volatile.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}
=Career earnings=
As of August 2023, Hansen's total live tournament winnings exceeds $10,000,000.{{Cite web |title=Gus Hansen's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=461 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database}}
Other ventures
Hansen calls himself a professional gambler and has been known to take private bets on various personal athletic challenges other than poker and professional sports, such as a boxing match against WSOPE bracelet winner Theo Jorgensen.{{Cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Tom |date=5 February 2009 |title=Gus Hansen to Box Theo Jorgensen on February 21st |url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/gus-hansen-to-box-theo-jorgensen-on-february-21st-1005/ |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=Poker News Daily |language=en-US}}
Hansen was a member of the original Team FullTilt, and was re-signed as the first brand ambassador under the new management team of Full Tilt Poker.{{Cite web |last=Collson |first=Brett |date=2 October 2012 |title=Gus Hansen Returns to Full Tilt Poker as Brand Ambassador |url=http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/10/gus-hansen-returns-to-full-tilt-poker-as-brand-ambassador-13524.htm |access-date=30 March 2024 |website=PokerNews.com}}
Hansen has been involved previously or currently in several online business ventures. Hansen was a founding partner and house professional 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 / US$15,000,000). 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. In 2007, Hansen launched a poker forum and strategy website, ThePlayr.com. Prior to selling his interest in that site in 2008, it housed his blog, articles and a "Gus Tracker" to track his worldwide poker play along with other poker news, videos and content. In 2008, Hansen joined the commentary team on World Series of Backgammon, a high-stakes televised backgammon tour broadcasting on Eurosport across Europe. In February 2009, Hansen launched GusHansenTV branded as a free poker channel broadcast over the internet.
In 2017, Gus Hansen said that he had been involved in a music business in Denmark but declared that "it went probably as bad as my online poker career!"{{Cite news|url=http://somuchpoker.com/gus-hansen-yes-im-back-on-the-poker-scene/|title=Gus Hansen Interview: Yes, I'm Back on the Poker Scene|date=21 June 2017|work=Somuchpoker|access-date=7 July 2018|language=en-US}}
Hansen was voted one of People magazine's 50 Sexiest Men in 2004.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,782685_782689,00.html |title=The Complete List: People.com |publisher=People Magazine |access-date=8 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222042026/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,782685_782689,00.html |archive-date=22 February 2014 }}
In March 2018, Hansen returned on Poker After Dark to play pot-limit Omaha in a game also featuring Matt Kirk.{{Cite web| title = Railbird Report: Gus Hansen Plays Massive PLO Pots on Poker After Dark| author = Glatzer, Jason| work = PokerNews| date = 9 March 2018| access-date = 10 March 2018| url = https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/03/gus-hansen-poker-after-dark-pad-plo-omaha-30196.htm}}
Bibliography
- Every Hand Revealed (2008) {{ISBN|0-8184-0727-1}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/1184-gus-hansen Card Player profile]
- [https://www.globalpokerindex.com/poker-players/gus-hansen-461/ Global Poker Index profile]
- [https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=461 Hendon Mob profile]
- [https://www.pokernews.com/poker-players/gus-hansen/ PokerNews profile]
- [https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/gus-hansen/ WPT profile]
- [https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=272 WSOP profile]
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Category:Sportspeople from Copenhagen
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Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Category:University of California, Santa Cruz alumni
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