Post by Admin on Nov 21, 2008 11:10:46 GMT 1
• Gus Hansen
- was born in 1974 in Denmark, He was always fascinated by numbers and math and was introduced to backgammon and start learning fast. He ended up in New York, touring backgammon and gin rummy clubs. It was during this time that he was introduced to various types of poker, including Stud games.
He played his first World Series of Poker in 1996 with being knocked out on the first day. First big tournament th won was the World Poker Tour in 2002. In 2005 Gus decided to play fewer tournaments in order to focus on his cash game. Still, even with the reduction in tournament play, he made it to the final table at the FullTiltPoker.Net Poker Invitational from Monaco and won the Grand Final of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational. In 2006 he toke down the biggest pot ever on high stake poker.
Online he often play high-limit Pot-Limit Omaha games or Omaha 8/B Limit games on Full Tilt Poker. On occasion he can also be found in low-stakes Limit Hold 'em and Razz games, along with low-limit SNGs and some of Full Tilt's larger tournaments.
- was born in 1974 in Denmark, He was always fascinated by numbers and math and was introduced to backgammon and start learning fast. He ended up in New York, touring backgammon and gin rummy clubs. It was during this time that he was introduced to various types of poker, including Stud games.
He played his first World Series of Poker in 1996 with being knocked out on the first day. First big tournament th won was the World Poker Tour in 2002. In 2005 Gus decided to play fewer tournaments in order to focus on his cash game. Still, even with the reduction in tournament play, he made it to the final table at the FullTiltPoker.Net Poker Invitational from Monaco and won the Grand Final of the inaugural Poker Superstars Invitational. In 2006 he toke down the biggest pot ever on high stake poker.
Online he often play high-limit Pot-Limit Omaha games or Omaha 8/B Limit games on Full Tilt Poker. On occasion he can also be found in low-stakes Limit Hold 'em and Razz games, along with low-limit SNGs and some of Full Tilt's larger tournaments.
