| Gustav Hansen better known as Gus Hansen was | | | | sights up on. This amazing player is known to be |
| born in Copenhagen in the year 1974. Gus Hansen | | | | extremely knowledgeable regarding the game of |
| is a professional poker player of international | | | | poker and has the capability of beating even the |
| repute and fame. He lives in Monaco in Western | | | | most seasoned player with his shrewd game play. |
| Europe. | | | | He is one of those few poker players who have |
| Unlike most other poker players Gus was a | | | | established themselves very fast in the world of |
| professional Backgammon player before he | | | | poker. |
| switched his priorities to poker, he won various | | | | Now let us see what we know about the famous |
| fames in the game of Backgammon before 1997. | | | | Howard Lederer, this poker player was born in |
| Besides all these Gus has also been a youth | | | | the year 1964 which makes him a senior to |
| Tennis icon in his younger days. | | | | Gustav Hansen. Poker runs in the blood of this |
| Gus not only concentrates on winning poker but | | | | famous poker star as his whole family is in the |
| he also bets on various other sporting events that | | | | card business. The famous poker superstar Annie |
| he takes fancy to. In the year 2005 Gus won the | | | | Duke is the sister of Howard Lederer. |
| Poker Superstars Invitational. In the year 2006 he | | | | As a child he had a huge amount of interest in |
| also won the biggest pot of the second season of | | | | chess, so hi parents enrolled him into a chess club |
| High Stakes Poker. Last year, that is in 2007 he | | | | where he started honing his chess skills. It was in |
| won $1, 192,919 as he achieved the first place in | | | | this chess club that he was first introduced to the |
| the Aussie Millions Main Event that took place in | | | | game of poker and he found out that he had |
| the city of Melbourne, in Australia. | | | | more inclination towards. |
| The best thing about Gustav is that if he starts | | | | It was not before he was much grown up that |
| taking interest in to a certain game then he plays | | | | he started playing poker for m0oney. As he grew |
| it till he understands all the in and outs of the | | | | up he gradually shifted his base to Las Vegas |
| game, he masters everything that he lays his | | | | which is famous for its casinos. |