Gus Hansen

Name: Gus Hansen
Nickname: The Great Dane
Current Residence: Copenhagen, Denmark
Birth Date: February 13, 1974
Birth Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Poker Room: Full Tilt Poker

The players who claim Gus Hansen is just plain lucky were probably sent to the rail at his hand.

Without a doubt, his play is often aggressive, erratic and loose. But make no mistake: The Great Dane is a brilliant poker player.

Though he has yet to win a World Series gold bracelet, Hansen is one of only three players inducted into the World Poker Tour Poker Walk of Fame for winning three WPT events since 2002. His all-time tournament... Read More >>

Trivia

Learned English by listening to Pink Floyd albums
Former backgammon player
One of three players inducted into the World Poker Tour Poker Walk of Fame
Voted one of People magazine's sexiest men alive in 2004

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament	Place	Winnings
2009 WSOP, Event 49 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship	9th	$123,895
2008 WSOP, Event 54, Main Event No-Limit Hold'em	160th	$41,816
2008 WSOP, Event 8, World Championship Mixed Event	10th	$45,120
WPT Season 6, WPT World Championship	2nd	$1,714,800
2008 Special, NBC Heads-Up Championship	5th	$75,000
WPT Season 6, Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic	22nd	$57,815
WPT Season 6, WPT Spanish Championship	5th	€100,600
2007 WSOPE, Event 3, No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event	10th	£41,630
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	61st	$154,194
2007 Special, Aussie Millions	1st	$1,500,000
EPT Season 2, Barcelona Open	5th	€78,000
WPT Season 3, Bay 101 Shooting Stars of Poker	3rd	$320,000
2004 WSOP, Event 33, World Championship No-Limit Texas...	150th	$15,000
WPT Season 2, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	1st	$455,780
WPT Specials, WPT Battle of Champions	6th	$10,000
WPT Season 2, Five Diamond World Poker Classic	3rd	$276,426
WPT Season 1, Five Diamond World Poker Classic	1st	$556,480
WPT Season 1, L.A. Poker Classic	1st	$507,190
WPT Specials, WPT Bad Boys	1st	$25,000

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Player Statistics

Cashes	19
Total Winnings	$6,098,746
First Place Finishes	5
WSOP Bracelets	0

Player Analysis of Gus Hansen

Description

Gus is often mischaracterized as a hyper-aggressive player when he is actually an active or loose player. He plays a lot of pots and his success is a combination of this volatile style and good decision making after the flop.

Best Game

Triple-Draw Lowball and No-Limit Hold'em tournaments

Weakness

With only a couple of years experience, he jumped into the highest-stakes games against the toughest players

Gus Hansen's Score

6.7/10

Aggressiveness 6
Looseness 8
Limit 6
No-Limit 7
Side Games 6
Steam Control 5
Against Strong Players 6
Tournaments 8
Short-Handed 7
Against Weak Players 8

Amusing Anecdote

I play with Gus in side games where $1 million swings are very rare, yet I have seen Gus get stuck $1 million and get even in the same session -- three different times!

Analysis brought to you by Barry Greenstein