Getting to Know Gus Hansen

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.