Gus Hansen

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Broadcast schedule: Saturdays on NBC

· December 12, 2009 – 3:00pm ET
· January 2, 2010 – 2:30pm ET

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updated 2:03 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2009

· Known as “The Great Dane” and “Gambling Gus”

· Is the only player in history to have won 3 WPT open titles, and almost won his 4th in the 2008 WPT Championship at Bellagio, finishing 2nd

· Lifetime live tournament winnings in excess of $7.42 million, and ranks 21st on the all-time money list

· Difficult players to read because of his loose aggressive style of play

· Winner of the 2007 Aussie Millions, and authored a book detailing his play in that event entitled Every Hand Revealed

NHPC record: 5-5
NHPC total winnings: $75,000

2005: Defeated Curtis Bibb before losing to Chris Ferguson in Round 2
2006: Eliminated in Round 1 by Shawn Sheikhan
2007: Eliminated in Round 1 by Shawn Sheikhan
2008: Defeated Don Cheadle, Scotty Nguyen, Phil Laak before losing to Phil Ivey in Round 4 ($75,000)
2009: Defeated David Benyamine before losing to Huck Seed in Round 2

PAD record: 1-6

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Match 1: 1st ($120,000)
Match 7: 3rd
Match 12: 6th
Match 15: 3rd
Match 20: 5th
Match 26: 4th
Match 28: 5th