Born on February 13, 1974, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Gustav Hansen is a professional poker player, better known as Gus Hansen. In his career, Hansen gained notoriety for winning three World Poker Tour titles and winning a World Series of Poker bracelet.
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In addition, Gus became known for being the champion of the 2007 Aussie Millions. However, the most historic milestone in Gus Hansen's life was his winning the first title of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.
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Poker journey
Gustav Hansen's journey inside the poker tables took place at the Ocean View Card Room in Santa Cruz, California. During this period, the Dane was doing an exchange at UC Santa Cruz, and made profits from his poker performances.
For example, in the year 2004, Hansen even participated in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker. On that occasion, the Dane ended up being eliminated in 150th place. In addition, Gus was also present at the final table of the European Poker Tour in Barcelona.
After these appearances, Hansen returned to the spotlight in 2006. Here, the Dane participated in the 2006 edition of the Tournament of Champions, but he had his highlight at the final table of the World Series of Poker, where he ended up losing to Ace King.
In the same year, Hansen also participated in the inauguration of the EPM, the London All Star Challenge. In the event in question, the Dane was successful in facing grinder Marc Goodwin, taking home the title and a check for $102,000. In addition, Gustav Hansen still looked good at the opening of the Poker SuperStars Invitational tournament. On the featured occasion, the Dane was successful in his campaign and took home the first prize of the tournament, in this case, 1 million dollars.
The following year, in 2007, Gustav Hansen participated in the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em Championship, and ended up in 61st place after facing an absurd field of 6,358 entries. Despite being eliminated, the Dane still earned the sum of US$ 154,194 for the feat.
In addition, Hansen played in the first edition of Poker After Dark. In the event in question, the Dane had to face poker legends like Phil Hellmuth and Huck Seed, but he was not intimidated at all, and was successful in his journey by winning the first title of the tournament and the amount of US$ 120,000.
Also in the same year, it is important to mention Gustav Hansen's participation in the US$ 10,500 Aussie Millions, in Melbourne, Australia. In the event in question, the Dane had to face a field of 747 entries to reach the top of the table. Therefore, Hansen was able to deliver a perfect performance as he took the title and pocketed the sum of $1.5 million.
Gustav Hansen's other great achievement was in 2010. In the period under review, the Dane participated in the WSOPE edition, in this case, the £10,350 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up tournament. That tournament was the grinder's first World Series of Poker bracelet win, which took home the sum of £288,409.
Also, in the same period, Hansen had to compete with Tony Bloom in the edition of Poker Million IX. In the event in question, the Dane ended up winning the title of champion and pocketed more than US$ 1 million.
Fortune
According to figures released in the year 2017, Gustav Hansen has already earned the amount of US$ 11,250,000 throughout his career in the poker modality. As a curiosity, today Hansen resides in Monaco.
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