Gus Hansen has won a record of three World Poker open titles,
  the 2007 Aussie Millions Main Event, and was the season one
  winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament.

  Before turning pro as a poker player in 1997, Hansen was
  already a world class backgammon player, and a youth tennis
  champion.  In 2000 he moved to New York City and tried to
  make a living playing professional backgammon, but found that
  there was too little interest in the sport to make it worthwhile.

  Hansen started playing poker at the Ocean View Card Room in
  Santa Cruz, California in 1993, while he was an exchange
  student. He is notorious for his extremely loose, aggressive
  play and raising with any two cards, which often cause his
  opponents to misread him and call when he has a legitimate
  hand.  As of 2008 his total live tournament winnings exceeded
  7,000,000$. 

  Hansen finished in the money in the 2004 World Series Main
  Event, and in 2006 Hanson cashed in the money in the 10K
  Tournament of Champions, finishing 68th out of a field of
  over 6,000.

  Hansen is the only player to win three World Poker Tour 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. 

  Even with all of his success Hansen has struggled with money
  problems due to losses in cash games and sports betting,
  although in recent years his online cash game totals put him
  in the black by his own accounts.  Hanson plays exclusively at
  Full Tilt Poker, usually at 2,000$/4,000$ Omaha.