Hansen celebrates Pot Limit Omaha to the tune of $1 million

Hansen celebrates Pot Limit Omaha to the tune of $1 million
Another ambitious 24 hours at the Full Tilt Pot-Limit Omaha tables last week resulted in another million-dollar payout for the Great Dane - in this case from the depths of Australia, where he's been endorsing the Australian Poker League.

He didn't take a lot of huge hands, keeping his opponents' stacks in check for most of the session according to highstakesdb.com. The lion's share of his winnings came from Pot Limit Omaha regulars KaiBuxxe, Jumper17 and DaFool - who've been advancing rapidly through PLO tables this month themselves - in a few significant hands.

The biggest pot was for $101k against KaiBuxxe (allegedly Niki Jedlicka, an Austrian poker pro), with Hansen hitting runner-runner jacks to make quads and top kaibuxxe's flopped flush and all-in push prior to the turn.

The million-dollar day was Hansen's second time he's set a record during play in less than two months. Regardless of average 2007 World Series of Poker results - though he came on strong for a 61st-place Main Event finish - Hansen's WSOP would likely have been disappointing for him, with the exception of another amazing game series on Full Tilt early in June.

This payout crowned a big week in for Hansen, which saw him rake in an additional $167k from another high-stakes player at Full Tilt, "Ziigmund" (allegedly Finnish poker pro Ilari Sahamies) - even though Gus Hansen may have come out a little dogged in the chat box.

Among the insults Ziigmund threw while they played: "Gus is fish," "Gus is singer from Romania," and the disrespectful comment that got the most response was "Czech republic singer from eurovision gay bar GUSTAV HANSEN." Hansen bit his lip for the most part, with a simple "no i don't think so," in reply to the eurovision crack and another simple "no thx," when Ziigmund offered up a coin flip for $280k.