If a few of them go deep, Hansen's looking at a pretty big payday as they've all agreed to give him 80% of the profits.
According to our sister site PokerListings.dk, Gus put the word out he was looking for players to stake in the Main Event and got 100+ applications.
Of those 100, he settled on 18 as of yesterday with a few more under consideration.
All agreed to take Gus’s stake in return for him getting 80% of the profits.
The list of 18 who took him up on his offer: Aske Muff Simon Borg Vera Kelleher Rune Mark Vester Jaroslav Tjepan Morten Ahrensbach Donald Sakellaries Lasse Sørensen Nicholas Liljegren Kim Frederiksen Dan Larsen Thomas Theis Jonas Hüttel Claus Nielsen Lars Houmark Soren Blanner Philip Jacobsen Klaus Rasmussen
A couple of players got things underway yesterday on Day 1b but most will hit the felt along with Hansen himself on Day 1c today.
Hansen told Danish poker site pokernyhederne a few more might even make it in and that he expects “10 players ready for day 2 with large stacks.”
If Hansen sticks with just the 18 horses, they’ll need to cash for at least $ 225,000 total for him to break even.
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