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Thor Hansen

Thor Hansen

  • Name: Thor Hansen
  • Current Residence: El Segundo, Calif.
  • Birth Date: 1947
  • Birth Place: Oslo, Norway
Thor Hansen's gift for numbers was apparent at a young age. In his family's grocery store in Norway, at only 8 years old, he would add up sale items. In the grocery's back room, the young Thor watched his brother and father playing poker with other townspeople. Thor says of those days: "Every time they took a break from playing, I would sit in the hand and play a little. They figured out I was good at it because when they returned they always... Read more >>

Trivia

  • Played in the highest stakes cash games
  • Good friend of Stu Ungar in the Eighties
  • Former pro pool player
  • Plays poker regularly with Larry Flynt and Jerry Buss
  • Worked as a "human calculator"

Recent Tournament Placings

Tournament Place Winnings
2008 WSOP, Event 54, Main Event No-Limit Hold'em 600th $23,160
2008 WSOP, Event 17, No-Limit Hold'em Shootout 57th $5,596
EPT Season 4, EPT German Open 33rd €9,500
2007 WSOP, Event 55, World Championship No-Limit Texas... 134th $58,570
2007 WSOP, Event 39, World Championship H.O.R.S.E. 8th $188,256
2007 WSOP, Event 24, World Championship Seven-Card Stud... 6th $27,357
2007 WSOP, Event 18, World Championship Limit Hold'em 4th $93,008
2007 WSOP, Event 11, World Championship 7-Card Stud 13th $10,998
2007 WSOP, Event 6, Limit Hold'em 82nd $2,360
2006 WSOP, Event 41, No-Limit Hold'em 82nd $2,062
2006 WSOP, Event 24, Omaha Hi-Lo Split 2nd $155,443
2006 WSOP, Event 10, Seven-Card Stud 33rd $2,610
2006 WSOP, Event 5, No-Limit Hold'em Short-Handed, 6/table 38th $8,528
2005 WSOP, Event 45, $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 3rd $55,790
2005 WSOP, Event 11, $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em 22nd $4,970
2005 WSOP, Event 8, $1,500 Seven-Card Stud 13th $6,515
2005 WSOP, Event 5, $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split 38th $2,895

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Player Statistics

Cashes17
Total Winnings$657,618
First Place Finishes0
WSOP Bracelets0

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