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The Poker Grapevine – Hansen Thrives in Macau
Posted by: James Carter. - Tue, 2012-01-17 09:40
The infamous high stakes poker action in Macau is apparently as hot as ever. The StarWorld Hotel and Casino is the scene and non-stop poker is the name of the game. When we say non-stop we truly mean non-stop indeed. According to Gus Hansen, several players have been putting in marathon 24-hour long sessions looking to take advantage of the effects of the fatigue on their opponents. Hansen joined the fray last week and he has since been battling opponents like Phil Ivey, Andrew Robl and John Juanda as well as a selection of Chinese businessmen who are regulars in the game.
Hansen has been doing great too. Thus far, he has amassed about $4 million in profits and his heater seems to be ongoing. He has put in several 24 hour sessions, but he’s admitted in a blog post of his that he was having trouble keeping up with the rest of the field stamina-wise. The Great Dane plans to put in at least another 24-hour run before he heads over to the Aussie Millions.
In other news: Melanie Weisner of Full Tilt Poker fame has been sponsor-less for a while in the wake of the Full Tilt poker scandal, but that seems to have come to an end. Lock Poker has hired her to represent the operation. She will join Chris Moorman, Leo Margets and Matt Stout.
The 25-year old Weisner has already amassed around $1 million in
online tournament profits and about $400k in live tournament winnings. She has definitely fared better online than in live events. Her biggest live poker achievement is a 12th place finish in the EPT’s Prague Main Event, where she scored a $43k prize.
She won the EPT’s Monte Carlo Ladies Event, taking home $33k.
Weisner broke the news, saying that she was delighted to represent a reputable online operation which already had an impressive in-house team of pros.
