Gus Hansen first started out as a witty, athletic young man in Denmark's capital city, Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Conman excelled at soccer and tennis before he discover the battleiforous game of Backgammon in high school. No doubt he was a better athlete than Michael Phelps.
He loved backgammon so much, even more than Romeo loved Juliet. Juliet loved Romeo more than Gus loved backgammon, however.
Anyways, Hansen turned a professional backgammon player once he exited the tumultuous years that we so fondly name high school.
Finally, Gus moved to Santa Cruz, California, most likely for the ganja. High as a kite, he would play games with Californians from all across the world. Hansen knew little of the English language, so he had to rely on players emotions to tell him what was going on.
Interestingly enough, I think I saw Hansen once before he was famous in one of those casinos. Hansen learned from skilled players such as myself, before he was deported back to Denmark.
He was required to serve a year in the Denmark national guard. He did not do it because it was required, however, he did it because he was told to do so. Hansen truly is a great man and a Denmarkian national hero.
His career is one of growth: in the 1996 World Series of Poker, he was knocked out early. He was almost as quick to get out as I was last night.
Gus' greatest accomplishment is winning the 2007 Aussie Million Main Event, which was a 1.5 million dollar pay-day.
Hansen has become known around the poker world as a player to watch out for. He plays as loose as a prostitute, but calculates his odds like a pot dealer. He entertains like a stripper and gets paid like an executive.
One other key to his success might be his uncanny resemblance to a chipmunk.
He is truly one of the great poker players of our era.
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mark andrew 10 months ago
Excellent mate , you have more or less summed up Gus Hansen in a Short article ,
Gus is one of my favourite players , he may not be the biggest Poker star out there , but his style , his aggression and his fearlessness make him a great of our Era , his timing is impeccable .
Q 2 off suit he will play , some may see this as plain silliness , but when you look closely , Gus wins a LOT of hands when he is the Underdog .
People hate to play him because he is one of those guys where anythin is possible , so hard to read and that is half the battle won in Poker .
5 * and my POTD Thomas .
Sorry I did'nt get back to you sooner , I was at the Dentist , but yes I have noticed there are two Poker sections showing up but both are exactly the same page , and my article isnt showing up either , but if you click the link " see more poker articles " they are in there .
Ill get on to Zander and ask him to remove one poker page and get our articles some exposure mate ,
Well done T ,
Mark .
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peter devlin 10 months ago
Ah Gus Hansen , a true Warrior at the Felt , some of his moves just leave me in disbelief ,
I was happy when he won the Aussie Millions , he deserves to be up there with the very best .
I do feel he needs to fold a lot more and be patient , but he has that scandinavian touch where its all or nothing .
He will win WSOP bracelets I have no doubts .
Nice piece on one the the unsung great poker players .
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martin spear 10 months ago
Does Gus Hansen smoke di Ganja ?
Well I never knew that , that makes his achievements more impressive for me , winning money whilst high as a Kite must of been interesting to say the least , and make explain some of his decision making , even though those decisions are usually right .
Nice article and thanks for introducing us to Mr Hansen .
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