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Gustav "The Great Dane" Hansen (born in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player.
Prior to playing poker professionally, he was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. He mainly plays Texas hold'em, and during the inaugural season of the World Poker Tour he won 2 tournaments. He is known for taking huge risks at times, and has attracted some criticism because of it. As of 2004 he has won more than $1,800,000 in poker tournaments.
He was one of the first inductees to the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame in 2004, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner.
He is currently employed as house pro of online poker site pokerchamps.com
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