All-Interview - Gus Hansen: "We were superstars."

Discover your favorite poker players in a whole new light with All-Interview.

A true legend sat down in the All-Interview chair: the Great Dane himself, the one and only Gus Hansen. He shocked the poker world by joining Team Winamax in April 2024 and making his long-awaited return to the tables. The superstar of the 2000s has experienced every facet of modern poker: its rise, its scandals, its massive private games, its excesses, and the rockstar lifestyle that came with it.
PonceP had a thousand questions to ask him. Get ready for more than an hour of secrets and stories from one of the living legends of the game.

Interview timeline:
- Intro (00:00)
- Childhood (00:43)
- Sports and competition (07:01)
- Meeting Stéphane Matheu (09:08)
- Backgammon (11:51)
- First poker game (13:19)
- Building a bankroll (15:00)
- Turning pro (17:50)
- First big games (23:30)
- Stupid prop bets (25:14)
- Las Vegas back then (27:40)
- Poker in the late ’90s (30:45)
- First trips abroad (32:55)
- His playing style at the time (36:38)
- First victory (40:03)
- The poker boom (41:25)
- High Stakes Poker (43:10)
- The excesses of stardom (48:15)
- The Full Tilt conference call (51:40)
- Online poker (57:45)
- Super VIPs and Macau (1:01:45)
- The increasing complexity of poker (1:08:50)
- Gus in 2026 (1:12:03)
- Finding balance with family life (1:14:20)
- The Team and his relationship with João Vieira (1:16:30)
- The future (1:18:28)

Written and hosted by: Antoine “PonceP” Vannini
Directed by: Yohan Aziza and Fabrice Zareba
Editing and post-production: Florent Thomas

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