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

· Has won 3 WPT open titles and almost won his 4th recently in the 2008 WPT Championship at Bellagio, finishing 2nd

· Lifetime tournament winnings in excess of $7.29 million, and ranks 18th 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 recently came out with a book detailing his play in that event entitled Every Hand Revealed

NHPC record: 4-4

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)

PAD record: 1-6

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