Gus Hansen in High Stakes Action at King's Casino Rozvadov

The partypoker LIVE Millions Germany recently took place at the King’s Casino Rozvadov in the Czech Republic, with its tournament series producing such winners as Patrik Antonius, Viktor Blom, and Dominik Nitsche.
Another legend of the game also making the trip was Gus Hansen, who currently ranks at number 2 on Denmark’s ‘All Time Money List’ with $10,258,052 in winnings, miles ahead of a third placed Frederik Jensen ($3,806,434), and less than a million dollars behind Peter Eastgate whose $11,131,450 in winnings is mostly accounted for by his victory at the 2008 WSOP Main Event for $9,152,416.
Nevertheless, Hansen was there not for the tournament scene, but instead to take part in some high-stakes cash game action, with one of his competitors being the casino’s owner Leon Tsoukernik. In total, Hansen said that he spent around 14 days gambling at a number of games, including Chinese Poker, with one of the biggest pots he played during the trip worth a massive €500,000 ($615,830).
Unfortunately for Hansen, who resides in Monaco these days, he ended up on the losing side of that hand, but as the expression goes all’s well that ends well, and as he subsequently explained in a video:
“Back in Denmark after two weeks of gambling in Rozvadov. Lost the biggest hand, [€500,000] to casino owner Leon, but fortunately I ended up winning [€100,000] on the trip. Back in Vienna in three days for some more gambling. It’s going to be a great year.”
Gus Hansen was one of the most celebrated players during the poker boom, and throughout his career has won 3 WPT titles, and also picked up a gold bracelet in 2010 at the WSOP Europe £10,350 High Roller Heads-Up event for £288,409. Nevertheless, Hansen has been absent from the tournament circuit for sometime, with his last cash recorded in 2014 at the EPT Vienna.
In 2017, Hansen then said that he felt more motivated to start playing in a few more tournaments after taking part in the €111,111 WSOP One Drop event, although he also acknowledged that he needed to “re-discover and re-invent” his game in order to bring it up to scratch for the current era. Just a couple of months into 2018, and it appears as though “The Great Dane” is already beginning to find his rhythm once more.