Age, Biography and Wiki
Gus Hansen (Gustav Jacobsen) was born on 13 February, 1974 in Denmark, is a Danish poker player (born 1974). Discover Gus Hansen's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 50 years old?
| Popular As |
Gustav Jacobsen |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
50 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Aquarius |
| Born |
13 February 1974 |
| Birthday |
13 February |
| Birthplace |
Denmark |
| Nationality |
Monaco
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He is a member of famous Player with the age 50 years old group.
Gus Hansen Height, Weight & Measurements
At 50 years old, Gus Hansen height not available right now. We will update Gus Hansen's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
| Family |
| Parents |
Not Available |
| Wife |
Not Available |
| Sibling |
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Gus Hansen Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Gus Hansen worth at the age of 50 years old? Gus Hansen’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from Monaco. We have estimated Gus Hansen's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Player |
Gus Hansen Social Network
Timeline
Gustav Hansen (born 13 February 1974) is a Danish professional poker player from Copenhagen, Denmark who has lived in Monaco since 2003.
Before turning to playing poker professionally in 1997, Hansen was already a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion.
Hansen started playing poker at the Ocean View Card Room in Santa Cruz, California, while he was an exchange student at UC Santa Cruz.
Hansen was a founding partner and house professional of the online poker site PokerChamps.com, launched in 2003.
Hansen finished in the money in 150th place in the 2004 WSOP Main Event.
Hansen finished in the money of the 2004 World Series of Poker main event, and also made the final table of a European Poker Tour (EPT) event in Barcelona.
In 2005 the company and game software technology were sold to the British company Betfair, for over 100 million Danish kroner (approximately £8.8 million / €13 million / US$15,000,000).
In 2005, Hansen appeared in Texas Hold 'Em Poker Advanced Strategies With Gus Hansen, which is part of the Going All In instructional series of DVDs.
In the 2006 Tournament of Champions, Hansen made a World Series of Poker final table, but lost on the very first hand with ace king against a pair of 9s.
In September 2006, Hansen won the inaugural EPM event, The London All Star Challenge, beating Marc Goodwin to take home the title and a cheque for £53,600 ($US102,000).
Hansen won the inaugural $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, winning the $1,000,000 first prize in a one-table event featuring some of the best-known players.
He did not appear in the second series, and lost to Antonio Esfandiari in the semifinals of the third.
In 2006, Hansen was a member of the winning Danish team in the PartyPoker.com Football & Poker Legends Cup tournament, alongside Theo Jørgensen and Kim Christofte.
He is currently featured in the Professional Poker Tour and the second season of High Stakes Poker, where he won the fifth biggest pot in the show's history ($575,700), when his defeated Daniel Negreanu's on a board of.
He was in Singapore in 12–17 November 2006, to participate in the Betfair Asian Poker Tour.
Hansen was the first winner on NBC's Poker After Dark, earning $120,000, as he outlasted a field of six pros, including Phil Hellmuth and Huck Seed.
In his poker career, Hansen has won three World Poker Tour open titles, one WSOP bracelet and the 2007 Aussie Millions main event, and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.
In 2007, Hansen cashed in the $10,000 no limit Texas hold 'em championship, coming in 61st place out of 6,358 players, winning $154,194.
In January 2007, Hansen won the $10,500 main event at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne, Australia, beating a field of 747 players to take home the A$1,500,000 first prize.
In 2007, Hansen launched a poker forum and strategy website, ThePlayr.com.
In 2008, he came in 160th place out of 6,844 players to win a prize of $41,816.
Hansen was the first player to win three World Poker Tour (WPT) open tournaments.
He also won the first WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event.
On 27 April 2008, Hansen came in second to David Chiu at the Season 6 WPT Championship, earning $1,714,800.
In 2008, Lyle Stuart Kensington published Hansen's book Every Hand Revealed (ISBN 978-0818407277), a hand-by-hand account of his win.
Prior to selling his interest in that site in 2008, it housed his blog, articles and a "Gus Tracker" to track his worldwide poker play along with other poker news, videos and content.
In 2010, Hansen won the £10,350 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Heads-Up event at the WSOPE, winning his first WSOP bracelet and £288,409, equivalent to $451,880.
He also defeated Tony Bloom heads-up to win the Poker Million IX tournament, taking $1,000,000 for first prize.
He has lost $20.7 million on Full Tilt Poker as of March 2015.
Hansen plays according to a strict pot odds-deductive approach which was highly successful in the poker-boom years, but which has also, in recent times, becoming highly volatile.
As of August 2023, Hansen's total live tournament winnings exceeds $10,000,000.
Hansen calls himself a professional gambler and has been known to take private bets on various personal athletic challenges other than poker and professional sports, such as a boxing match against WSOPE bracelet winner Theo Jorgensen.
Hansen was a member of the original Team FullTilt, and was re-signed as the first brand ambassador under the new management team of Full Tilt Poker.
Hansen has been involved previously or currently in several online business ventures.
As of 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $11,250,000.
An "E" following a year denotes bracelet(s) won at the World Series of Poker Europe
Despite his ongoing success, Hansen has struggled with money problems, reportedly because of losses in live cash games.
Hansen is a regular in the Big Game normally held in "Bobby's Room" at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas.
He has said that his losses are not a secret and has admitted to losing a million dollars or so at a couple of games.
