5 Best Pros Without a WSOP Bracelet: #1 Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen was a world class athlete as a young man and loved sports. Like Patrick Antonius, Gus Hansen was a tennis champ as a teenager. He was also one of the best backgammon players in the world. He relocated to New York in 2000 in an attempt to become a professional backgammon player. Unfortunately Gus thought the field and stakes were too small time. Gus is a self professed professional gambler. He is well known in the poker world for his prop bets. Particularly those involving physical and sports challenges.

Hansen picked up the poker bug when he attended school in California back in the early 1990’s. He is notorious for his extremely loose, any two cards (”ATC”)approach. His table image for raising or bluffing with ATC, induces many loose calls or raises when Gus does have the nuts.

Hansen’s greatest poker accomplishment is that he is only player to have won three World Poker Tour (WPT) tournaments. Gus was also the winner of the infamous Bad Boys of Poker World Poker Tour special. In 2004, Gus earned the prestigious honor of being inducted into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame joining Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson and James “Maverick” Garner.

Gus has not fared as well at the World Series of Poker. His best WSOP finish was in the 2004 WSOP Main Event, where he cashed by ending in 150th place. In 2006 at the WSOP Tournament of Champions, Hansen made his first WSOP final table. He did not end up with much TV time however since he was bounced on the first hand when his Ace King failed to improved againg pocket 9s.

Gus won the very fist Poker After Dark (NBC) with a pay day of 120 grand. He defeated a table 6 top pro’s which included the Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth and Huckleberry Seed. In January of this year Gus outlasted a field of 747 players to win the the Aussie Millions and the first place prize $1,500,000.

Gus Hansen’s poker winnings are approaching 5 Million Dollars

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