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Gus Hansen is one of the richest Poker Player from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gus Hansen's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hansen was previously involved or in the present in various web-based business endeavors. Hansen was the founding member and house manager for the poker website PokerChamps.com that was established in 2003. In 2005, the company as well as game software were sold to British company Betfair which was acquired for more than 100 million Danish Kroner (approximately PS8.8 million/ EUR13 million or US$15,000,000). The year 2005 saw Hansen made an appearance in Texas Hold’em Poker Advanced Strategies with Gus Hansen, which is part of the Going All In instructional series of DVDs. In 2007 Hansen established a poker forums and strategy site, ThePlayr.com. Prior to the sale of his interest in the website in 2008, it was home to his blog, blog posts, and the “Gus Tracker” to track his poker game around the world along with other poker information, videos and news. Hansen joined the poker scene in 2008 Hansen was a part of the commentator team for the World Series of Backgammon, the high-stakes backgammon tournament telecast on which was broadcast across Eurosport all across Europe. On February 9, 2009 Hansen began the launch of GusHansenTV which was branded as a no-cost poker channel streaming on the internet.

Hansen was named as one among People Magazine’s 50 Sexiest men in 2004.

Hansen was the first player to win three World Poker Tour (WPT) open tournaments. He also won the first WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event. In 2004, he was inducted into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame, along with Doyle Brunson and James Garner. On 27 April 2008, Hansen came in second to David Chiu at the Season 6 WPT Championship, earning $1,714,800. In September 2006, Hansen won the inaugural EPM event, The London All Star Challenge, beating Marc Goodwin to take home the title and a cheque for £53,600 ($US102,000). Hansen won the inaugural $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament, winning the $1,000,000 first prize in a one-table event featuring some of the best-known players. He did not appear in the second series, and lost to Antonio Esfandiari in the semifinals in the third series.