Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen is an old school veteran that comes in mind whenever someone says "Poker Pro". Read all about him right here.

Gus Hansen Biography

Gus Hansen is one of the original big time poker players, along with the likes of Daniel Negreanu, and Phil Ivey. An old school veteran if you like. Hansen was born in Denmark in 1974, and turned professional in 1997. He is very much a sports man, with a youth tennis championship under his belt. This motivation and drive has helped Hansen become on of the faces you think of when someone mentions 'Poker Pro'.

He has several huge tournament titles to his name such as the Aussie Millions Main Event, and a World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) bracelet. Gus Hansen has always been a regular player in 'Bobby's Room' in the Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas. Plenty of super high rolling poker plays could probably call this room their second home.

As expected, he has made several appearances on the TV series High Stakes Poker. He is also the only player ever to win three WPT titles.

Fun Fact: Hansen was a fantastic Backgammon player when he was younger, and used this experience to commentate on the World Series of Backgammon back in 2008.

Sexy Fact: Hansen was voted in the top 50 Sexiest Men Alive in People Magazine in 2004.

Outside Poker Hansen was in the group that formed the website pokerchamps.com, which launched back in 2003.

Interestingly, this is actually now known as the very popular room Betfair Poker.

He has also been known to take huge bets on sports games and the like, with other professional poker players.

Hansen also appeared in an instructional DVD series titled 'Texas Hold'Em Poker Advanced Strategies with Gus Hansen' in 2005. He also launched GusHansenTV in 2009 over the internet, which was a free poker channel.

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13 years ago18,264PokerTube,

Published 13 years ago

Gus Hansen On... The Aussie Millions

Poketube caught up with Gus at the Celebrity Poker Challenege. Although he wasnt playing in the event, he was there supporting fel...

8 years ago7,483BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

Gus Hansen Playing FTOPS

Gus Hansen in some FTOPS action on Full Tilt Poker

12 years ago17,601

Published 12 years ago

Gus Hansen Plays Live £20 Oxford Poker Cup Int w Catman

Full Tilts Gus Hansen taking in a high stakes poker tournament at the Oxford Cup X, £20 Re Buy, stops for a quick chat with the C...

8 years ago3,063BestPokerVids,

Published 8 years ago

Gus Hansen Puts Max Pressure on Smirnov

Gus Hansen firing three barrels against Smirnov

10 years ago4,921ThePokerAces,

Published 10 years ago

Gus Hansen Reads

Gus Hansen Reads

9 years ago9,612ThePokerAces,

Published 9 years ago

Gus Hansen Stories and Mike Matusow Mistake

Players exchanging some funny Gus Hansen stories & Mike makes a fold by mistake

16 years ago8,953

Published 16 years ago

Gus Hansen Teaches You the Rules of Poker

Gus Hansen teaches you the rules of poker. How cool is that!

9 years ago3,805ThePokerAces,

Published 9 years ago

Gus Hansen and Andreas Hoivold Play Big Pot

The Great Dane going for all the marbles

15 years ago20,402

Published 15 years ago

Gus Hansen at the WPT World Championship

Kimberly Lansing awards Gus Hansen the Blue Diamond Almonds Bold Player of the Day on Day 3 of the WPT World Championship at the B...

10 years ago6,466ThePokerAces,

Published 10 years ago

Gus Hansen great call

On Late Night Poker

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Gus Hansen Battles Doyle Brunson and Jungleman in Bobby’s Room Nosebleed Game

Three of the biggest names in poker past and present locked horns this past week in Bobby’s Room, battling it out in a high-stakes $1500/3000 cash game.

Gus Hansen is Back on Poker After Dark!

Gus Hansen, a popular figure on the original Poker After Dark is back on the show’s new, exclusively online incarnation, playing PLO.

Live Poker Events, 6 years ago

Gus Hansen Loses a €500,000 Pot to Leon Tsoukernik

Gus Hansen recently told about his gambling trip to the Kings Casino in Rozvadov where he clashed with the casino’s owner Leon Tsoukernik in a gigantic pot.

Why Millionaire Poker Pro Ludo Lacay Quit Poker for an Internship at Tech Startup

Former French pro Ludovic Lacay quit poker to become a intern at a British tech startup company - here’s the reason why.

Online Poker , 6 years ago

Gavin ‘gavz101’ Cochrane Tops January’s Online Poker Winners with $348,234 Profit

Gavin Cochrane is a PLO specialist who has mixed it with the very best in the game, epic battles with Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen.

‘Irrelevant’ Luke Schwartz Needles ‘Biggest Life Pigeon’ Doug Polk

Luke ‘_fullflush1_’ Schwartz tweeted a series of petty polls on Twitter, reigniting a long-standing feud between the poker pros.

Gus Hansen in Court!

Gus Hansen has posted clips of himself outside a courthouse in Copenhagen where he is suing his former friend and business partner.

PLO Legend Sahamies Takes on ‘Survivor’ Trial

Finnish PLO legend Ilari ‘Ziigmund’ Sahamies took on a new challenge this year when he was one of 16 contestants who took part in the Finnish version of TV reality show ‘Survivor’.

Daniel Negreanu Reveals His Most Painful Lost Hand

While promoting the freshly announced PokerStars Players Championship, Daniel Negreanu revealed which of the hands he lost hurts him the most still.

Gus Hansen is Retooling His Game For 2018

The Great Dane is back and he is making some adjustments and plans to become more active at the poker tables in 2018.