Hansen first hit the high stakes tables in Macau in January this year and made the most of it: he is said to have piled up $3.86 million in three 24-hours long sessions. The Dane pro then headed for Melbourne, Australia for the Aussie Millions for $823,579 by finishing 3rd in the Super High Roller event.
Following his successful sessions, Hansen returned to Macau for yet another set of high stakes games; only this time, it cost him more than he had bargained for. Although exact amounts are as yet unconfirmed, the pro was relieved of a huge load of money at the StarWorld casino.
Gus Hansen
“We have just begun a new session and my flight is leaving in 6 hours. I used to have the world record in missed flights, but lately I have been a good boy and making in time to the airport, but I have my doubts about this flight? If I feel comfortable at the poker table and are not losing too much I might finish out this session and catch a later flight,” he wrote in his blog on 8 February.
A day later, he sounded much less optimistic: “Back on track with the missed flights and sadly I must admit this could be the most expensive one I have ever missed :-( Right at this moment we are playing 9 handed and I am not exactly winning. I did just hit the Nut-flush against top pair so the deficit is decreasing, but I have still some ways to go. I am planning to catch the midnight flight to Helsinki, but this is obviously not a ‘For Sure’ thing.”
“After a lengthy session (29 hours) I was finally off to the airport heading back to Europe. It was a session that started off poorly, then suddenly turned into what looked like a lucrative session only to end as a losing horse trying to make it to the finish line. It was the most expensive flight I have ever missed and in hindsight maybe the most expensive anyone has ever missed, but I shouldn’t forget I had a great trip the first time I was in Macau, so I was definitely due for some losing sessions. Now it is Denmark for a week or two, and since the EPT is stopping by Copenhagen very soon I might try my luck there,” his latest entry reads from 10 February.
Hansen’s worst session was on 6 February, when he lost – among else – a HKD14.7 million (or $1.89 million) pot. Following a raise on the
9 
6 2 flop, he pushed with 9 7 and two other players called. One of them held a set and the other had a nut flush draw, while Hansen missed his runner-runner outs.
Speaking of Macau, the youngest player ever to have played at the high stakes tables there turned up this year: 19 years old Ole-Kristian Nergard has been known in the community as ‘SOLID_FUNDS,’ playing high stakes at FTP. Even though he is considered a promising grinder, poker is by far not his only source of income: he has $28.8 million worth of shares in his father’s fishing company.
Ole-Kristian Nergard
Following his successful sessions, Hansen returned to Macau for yet another set of high stakes games; only this time, it cost him more than he had bargained for. Although exact amounts are as yet unconfirmed, the pro was relieved of a huge load of money at the StarWorld casino.
Gus Hansen
“We have just begun a new session and my flight is leaving in 6 hours. I used to have the world record in missed flights, but lately I have been a good boy and making in time to the airport, but I have my doubts about this flight? If I feel comfortable at the poker table and are not losing too much I might finish out this session and catch a later flight,” he wrote in his blog on 8 February.
A day later, he sounded much less optimistic: “Back on track with the missed flights and sadly I must admit this could be the most expensive one I have ever missed :-( Right at this moment we are playing 9 handed and I am not exactly winning. I did just hit the Nut-flush against top pair so the deficit is decreasing, but I have still some ways to go. I am planning to catch the midnight flight to Helsinki, but this is obviously not a ‘For Sure’ thing.”
“After a lengthy session (29 hours) I was finally off to the airport heading back to Europe. It was a session that started off poorly, then suddenly turned into what looked like a lucrative session only to end as a losing horse trying to make it to the finish line. It was the most expensive flight I have ever missed and in hindsight maybe the most expensive anyone has ever missed, but I shouldn’t forget I had a great trip the first time I was in Macau, so I was definitely due for some losing sessions. Now it is Denmark for a week or two, and since the EPT is stopping by Copenhagen very soon I might try my luck there,” his latest entry reads from 10 February.
Hansen’s worst session was on 6 February, when he lost – among else – a HKD14.7 million (or $1.89 million) pot. Following a raise on the
9 6 2 flop, he pushed with 9 7 and two other players called. One of them held a set and the other had a nut flush draw, while Hansen missed his runner-runner outs.Speaking of Macau, the youngest player ever to have played at the high stakes tables there turned up this year: 19 years old Ole-Kristian Nergard has been known in the community as ‘SOLID_FUNDS,’ playing high stakes at FTP. Even though he is considered a promising grinder, poker is by far not his only source of income: he has $28.8 million worth of shares in his father’s fishing company.
Ole-Kristian Nergard
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