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He finished in the money four times during the 2006 WSOP, coming in second place in the $3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo event.
He finished in the money four times during the 2006 WSOP, coming in second place in the $3,000 Omaha Hi/Lo event.
He was recruited by Larry Flynt to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid-1990s. He has two WSOP bracelets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud, and then later in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP. He is considered by many Norwegian poker players as their "Godfather". In 2007, Hansen cashed in the money at the $10,000 Number Limit Hold"em Main Event Championship coming in 134th place out of a field of 6,358 players, winning $58,570, and finished in 8th at the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E event, earning an additional $188,256.
As of 2009, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,600,000.
His 46 WSOP cashes account for $1,165,960 of his total winnings. Thor Hansen was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and is currently going through chemotherapy treatment.
In 1999 Marcella(Braswell) Hansen and Thor Hansen married on Catalina Island, California. Poker Player and television Producer, Eric Drache was the Best Manitoba