Gus Hansen
Male, TV Actor
1974 –
Who is Gus Hansen?
Gustav "Gus" Hansen is a professional Danish poker player who lives in Monaco. In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions main event and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was already a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion.
Hansen was voted one of People magazine's 50 Sexiest Men in 2004.
He calls himself a professional gambler and has been known to take private bets on various personal athletic challenges other than poker and professional sports. Hansen has been involved previously or currently in several online business ventures, including PokerChamps.com, ThePlayr.com and GusHansenTV.
On October 2, 2012, Hansen was re- signed as the first brand ambassador under the new management team of Full Tilt Poker.
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- Born
- Feb 13, 1974
Copenhagen - Nationality
- Denmark
- Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Lived in
- Copenhagen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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