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Player Profile: Gus Hansen

Published by admin on March 4, 2009

Gus Hansen

Main Dane

Gustav Hansen bears his roots in Denmark where he used to be a worthy tennis player. His skills in Backgammon were extreme, perhaps signaling that he may have a good career in gambling. Coming to USA as an exchange student, he made Santa Cruz his home and learnt Poker basics there.

Art of bluffing

He has no peers in the art of bluffing. He may have a winning hand and yet play small hands to entice the opponent. His repeated shuffle of the two cards brings an early call from the players and he capitalizes. He is quite aggressive on the poker table yet he knows what he is doing.

Hall of fame

His acute skills have made him the only player to win three world poker titles. That is when many poker wizards have not yet tasted their first. He has been inducted into the WPT Hall of fame because of his triple triumphs. He shares the honor with Doyle Branson and James Garner. His total poker earnings are more than 2 million dollars.

Compulsive gambling

He is known to take huge risks in implied pots. He once lost more than a million on a couple of games. That is the extent of his compulsion. He particularly shines in Texas Hold’em. For his great risk taking ability, he is referred to as “Great Dane.”

Business mindset

At just 35, he manages to hold many cards up his sleeve. He holds a minor stake in Fulltiltpoker.com. He once co-owned Pokerchamps site which he eventually sold for roughly 9 million pounds. He has started his own blogging and forum site Playr.com.

He has also written a poker book ‘Every Hand Revealed.’

Style

He is single and sexy. He has been voted one of fifty sexiest men in 2004. He lives in Monte Carlo, full of vigor and attitude. His rich life style and flair for gambling have lately landed him in economic mess.

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