Gus Hansen, The Great Dane, is known for his aggressive play in tournaments. This strategy of playing lower ranked hands and with a great talent at the poker table has proven to be a great success.
Gus Hansen, the famous Danish professional poker player is widely know name in the poker world. With his aggressive play at no-limit Texas Holdem tournaments, WPT on TV among others, he has succeeded to take down some of the biggest names. He is also known from his performances in backgammon championships where he has proven himself to be a top-notch player. He first started out to play in the U.S after his education. Along with his major winnings he got famous and recognised in the beginning of 2000.
Together with Erik Sagstrom they started Pokerchamps, which has proven to be a high quality poker site with one of the online poker room markets most attractive rake-back programs.
There is now a wave of young players, especially from Denmark, that is taken after Gus's or Gustav which his full name is, way of play. With his way of playing aggressively and wild, playing out low starting hands like 3-6 off suit, he has inspired a lot of people to try this wild style of playing poker. He has shown that there are more than one way to win a tourney and he has shown it in a remarkable way. He has such a good feel on the table knowing exactly when to fold or when to attack his opponents. One saying from Gus Hansen is "Always play the player and not the player's cards".
In the future we hope that Gustav Hansen succeeds with his wild technique and wins more big tournaments, he is really an amazing player to watch and learn from. This style of playing is somewhat harder to play then for example a tight strategy but it can be as affective, which we all have seen. |
