You are a poker fan or a poker enthusiast? You are interested in learning everything about the best Danish poker players who have graced us with their supreme talent over the years? If so, keep reading to find out who are Danish poker players who definitely stand out in the world of poker including live poker tournaments, high stakes tournaments, and online poker tournaments.

When you think of the best Danish poker players, there are several names which probably come to your mind including Gus Hansen, Peter Eastgate, and Theo Jorgensen. In reality, Denmark has produced a number of excellent poker players over the years.

• Denmark has produced a number of talented poker players over the years
• Denmark has eight WPT titles trailing the United States and Canada
• Some of the most recognizable names in the poker scene come from Denmark
• Danish poker players used to dominate the poker scene for many years

Denmark was also one of the very first Scandinavian spots where the game of poker caught on especially following the incredible success of Gus Hansen in 2000’s.

This amazing professional poker player used to dominate the professional poker tournament scene back in 2002. Thanks to his amazing talent, Gus started a new era for the tournament poker game. In the poker world, Gus probably has the majority credits for the aggressive, loose gaming style.

Even before his amazing success, Denmark was producing an incredible generation of young poker players including Peter Eastgate who won the World Series of Poker 2008.

While Finland and Sweden usually get the biggest publicity when it comes to the game of poker in Scandinavia, it is Denmark that has produced some of the most successful, biggest stars in the entire poker world. It is definitely impossible to list all of the Danish poker players who have made some impact on the scene, our list including top eight Danish poker players covers the biggest names.

If you are looking forward to finding out more about the great Danes of poker, you are definitely in the right place as further, we bring you our list of the best Danish poker players who have made a massive impact on the game with their supreme talent, excellent skills, and remarkable winning strategies.

1. Gus Hansen

Born: 13 February 1974
Nickname: The Great Dane
Specialty: High stakes cash games and tournaments

As expected, first placed on this list of the best Danish poker players is amazing Gus Hansen. This forty-five-year-old is definitely the biggest name in Denmark when it comes to the poker scene in general. Gus was born in Copenhagen, Denmark while today he resides in Monaco.

Thanks to his amazing accomplishments and extremely fruitful professional poker career, Gus Hansen is often times called The Great Dane. This Danish gem has earned more than $10 million from live poker tournaments. Gus Hansen actually gained massive popularity and almost a legendary status in his home country after winning his very first WPT.

Today, he is one of few professional poker players who has won the biggest World Poker Tour title three times. Before Gus decided to fully focus on his career as a professional poker player, he was already a tennis champion in youth section as well as a world class player of backgammon.

When it comes to his poker career, The Great Dane began playing poker in Santa Cruz California while attending the UC Santa Cruz as an exchange student. Back in 2004, The Great Dane finished 150th at the WSOP Main Event.

Two years later he was seated at the World Series of Poker 2006 Tournament of Champions final table but lost on his first hand. The next year, Gus was placed 61st at the $10,000 No Limit Texas Hold ’em Championship.

As previously mentioned, The Great Dane was the very first poker player to win three WPT tournaments. Moreover, he was also the winner of the very first World Poker Tour Bad Boys of Poker event.

Thanks to his amazing accomplishments, Gus was included into the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame back in 2004 along with James Garner and Doyle Brunson. Back in April 2008, The Great Dane was 2nd placed at the WPT Championship Season 6 where he cashed $1,7million.

Gus also won the $400,000 Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament where he scooped an amazing money prize of $1 million. In addition to these successes, Gus also has nine money finishes at the World Series of Poker and one bracelet. His total live earnings exceed $10 million, so he being first placed at this of the best Danish poker players list comes as no surprise.

• The Great Dane is a four-time World Poker Tour winner
• He was the very first poker player to win the World Poker Tour Main Event three times
• Winner of one WSOP bracelet at the WSOP Europe 2010

2. Peter Eastgate

Born: 13 December 1985
Nickname: Icegate, Isser
Specialty: Live and online poker tournaments

Peter Eastgate is another excellent professional poker player from Denmark. This thirty-three-year-old is actually among the highest-earning Nordic poker players of all times. His current live earnings exceed $11.1 million slightly more than what The Great Dane has earned.

Peter is best known for winning the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. At the time, he was the youngest professional poker player to be crowned with the World Series of Poker bracelet. Later on, he was surpassed by another excellent poker player, Joe Cada. Peter grew up in Dalum.

He became interested in the game of poker after watching the High Stakes Poker television show. After finishing high school, he studied economics at Aarhus University. However, he eventually decided to drop out and fully focus on his career as a professional poker player.

The biggest chunk of his all-time live earning came from a single event, the World Series of Poker $10,000 Championship where he scooped an amazing money prize amounting to $9.1 million. At the time, he was only twenty-two years old.

After this amazing success, Peter also was crowned as the winner at the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 2009 where he collected around $343,000. It also should be noted that he was 2nd placed at the European Poker Tour London £5,250 Main Event 2009 where he won around £530,000. Furthermore, he also had several more money finishes in EPT and WSOP over the years.

• After winning the WSOP, signed a deal with the PokerStars
• Winner of the WSOP Main Event 2008
• Used to be the youngest WSOP Main Event Champion before beings surpassed by Joe Cada

3. Theo Jorgensen

Born: Unknown
Nickname: Theo J
Specialty: Live poker tournaments

Third-placed on this list is another excellent professional poker player, Theo Jorgensen. He started playing poker professionally back in the 1990s. In fact, he has been an easily recognizable, very familiar face around the World Series of Poker as well as European Poker Tour final tables for a long time.

He is one of those professional poker players who actually took an unusual route towards his amazing accomplishments on the scene. Before reaching his adult years, he had very little or almost no interesting in playing poker.

In fact, like many other young people, he stepped into the real, adult world without having a single clue about what he wants to do in the future. One thing is sure, playing poker professional never crossed his mind. His very first step into the real world was studying business at a university in Copenhagen.

Before deciding to focus on his career as a professional poker player, Theo used to work several jobs in order to pay his student loans and other living necessities. He became interested in poker after getting a nice-paying job as a dealer at a casino.

After many years of financial struggle, Theo was crowned the winner of the European Seven-card stud Championship held in Baden. He left home with €101,688 in his pockets. Two years later, Theo made his very first final table appearance at the EPT 2006 where he finished 4^th.

Another big success came two years later when he won the most prominent, World Series of Poker Europe £5000 Pot-Limit Omaha where he earned £218,626. In 2010, Theo won his World Poker Tour title for his amazing game in the Grand Prix de Paris Season 9 where he collected €633,902.

His other great accomplishments include finishing 2^nd at the WPT Grand Prix de Paris Season 11 2010 and finishing 4th at the EPT London Main Event 2013. Theo was also 30^th placed at the WSOP Main Event 2010. As of 2019, his live winnings exceed $3.8 million.

• Top online Pot-Limit Omaha player
• Winner of the World Series of Poker 2008
• Winner of the World Poker Tour Grand Prix de Paris 2010

4. Frederik Jensen

Born: Unknown
Nickname: None
Specialty: Online poker tournaments

With total live earnings which exceed $4.6 million, Frederik Jensen definitely deserves his spot on this list of the best Danish poker players. This Dane collected the biggest chunk of his earnings when he finished 2^ndat the Aussie Millions Main Event where he collected around $1 million.

Before this amazing success, Frederik made his very first live poker cash event back in 2008. In just three years, this amazing professional poker place cashed sixteen times. Out of these sixteen cashes, five came from the World Series of Poker where Frederik made five final tables and collected almost $1.5 million.

During this time, Frederik was also very active as a professional online poker player as well. It also should be noted that Frederik is a one-time European Poker Tour Main Event winner. Back in 2012, this Danish poker player was the ultimate winner of the PokerStars.com EPT Madrid 2012 where he collected around €495,000.

Just two years later, Frederik finished 1^st at the Unibet Open Copenhagen Main Event. Among many Frederik’s achievements, he was placed 6^th at the €5,000 NLHE EPT Vilamoura Main Event 2010 where he collected €74,496. Bac in 2011, he cashed five times. When it comes to his biggest accomplishment at the World Series of Poker, he finished 11^th at the $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em WSOP 2018 where he collected $29,563.

• His total online earnings exceed $4.6 million
• Winner of the PokerStars.com EPT Madrid 2012
• Runner-up to Tyron Krost at the Aussie Millions 2010 Main Event

5. Henrik Hecklen

Born: 1990
Nickname: hhecklen
Specialty: Online poker tournaments

This list of the best Danish poker players would be incomplete without Henrik Hecklen. This professional poker player was born in 1990 in Hjørring while he currently resides in Aarhus. Thanks to his total live earnings which exceed $3.2 million, Henrik has deserved his place on this list.

Henrik was a devoted college student before he decided to fully focus on his career as a professional poker player. He started his career playing online poker cash games mainly at the PokerStars under his nickname hhecklen.

Soon after joining the scene, he collected an amazing profit amounting to around $200,000 in bonus prize. Since 2010, Henrik takes part in prominent live tournaments as well. One of his biggest accomplishments is winning the European Poker Tour 2010 turbo tournament held in London where he collected around £ 11,400.

His biggest success definitely came after winning the PokerStars EPT Prague 2018 €10,300 EPT High Roller Event where he collected around €503,700. He was also 2^nd placed at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2019 $100,000 PCA Super High Roller.

For this amazing performance, he was rewarded $1.2 million in money prize. His other accomplishments include 6^th place at the World Series of Poker 2014 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em event where he earned $98,687. He was also 6^th placed at the partypoker World Poker Tour Prague 2015 Main Event as well as 5^th placed at the Unibet Open Copenhagen 2015 main event.

• His best live cash is winning $1.2 million at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure 2019
• Winner of the PokerStars EPT Prague 2018 €10,300 EPT High Roller Event
• Has five World Series of Poker cashes

6. Rehne Pedersen

Born: 18 April
Nickname: None
Specialty: Live poker tournaments

Another excellent professional poker player from Denmark who deserves his place on this list of the besz Danish poker players is Rehne Pedersen. Rehne was a relatively unknown name in the world of poker before he won the World Poker Tour Classic Diamond back in December of 2005.

At the event, Rehne defeated his opponent, Patrik Antonius and collected slightly over $2 million. As of 2019, his total live earnings exceed $2.3 million. After winning the WPT Classic Diamond in 2005, Rehne decided to fully focus on his career as a professional poker player, so he became a regular face at the European Poker Tour.

Moreover, back in 2006, he collected around $87,875 at the World Poker Tour Five-Star World Poker Classic. Among his many notable accomplishments, he was also placed 3^rdat the Austrian Classics 2004 Limit Hold’em With Rebuys where he collected around $4,899.

Moreover, Rehne also collected around $21,703 as 50^thplaced at the PokerStars.com EPT Berlin 2010 Season VI No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. Another notable money prize amounting to $28,375 came for Rehne for his performance at the 36^th Annual World Series of Poker 2005 No Limit Hold’em Championship.

• Rehne’s total live earnings exceed $2.3 million
• Winner of the Five Diamond World Poker Classics 2005
• Third-placed at the Austrian Classics 2005 Limit Hold’em with Rebuys

7. Lars Bonding

Born: Unknown
Nickname: None
Specialty: Live poker tournaments

Lars Bonding is another prominent name in the world of poker. This professional Danish poker player has been present on the scene since those early days of playing online poker games. Despite his total live earnings exceeding $1.9 million, Lars is yet to win his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

It should be noted that he has experienced his own success share at the World Series of Poker 2011 where he scored three cashes. At the event, he finished 10^th placed in the major $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout main event where he collected $20,586.

He was also runner-up to Farzad Bonyadi at the 36^th Annual World Series of Poker 2005 No Limit Hold’em event where he collected $317,625. In his fruitful career, Lars has also played amazingly at a number of other prominent poker tournaments.

Some of his top cashes include $84,326 he won as 1^st placed at the Wynn Classic 2011 No Limit Hold’em event and $199,870 he collected as 1^st placed at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic 2005 No Limit Hold’em. Lars also earned $302,005 as 22^nd placed at the 42nd Annual World Series of Poker 2011 $10,000 WSOP Main Event.

Lars’ most notable recent cashes include $34,226 he won as 8^th placed at the Master Classics of Poker 2017 €4,300 No-Limit Hold’em event and $24,622 he won as 359^th placed at the World Series of Poker 2015 $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em.

• His total live earnings exceed $1.9 million
• Placed 22^ndat the World Series of Poker 2011 Main Event
• Has fifteen World Series of Poker cashes

8. Jan Sorensen

Born: 1960
Nickname: None
Specialty: Live poker tournaments

Eight on this list of the best Danish poker players is Jan Sorensen. Jan Vang Sorensen is also a retired professional football player who after finishing his sports career, decided to fully focus on enhancing his poker game.

He was a relatively unknown name in the poker circles before winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet. Later on, Jan will win his second World Series of Poker bracelet. Thanks to his total live winnings which exceed $2.1 million, Jan has definitely deserved to be included in this list of the most successful, best Danish poker players.

Before turning to a professional poker player, Jan Sorensen was a part of the Odense BK football team. Unfortunately, at the age of thirty, he suffered an injury which ended his football career. Jan was interested in the game of poker while playing football professionally.

He actually learned the game while traveling with his team. His very first World Series of Poker cash came in 1995. Three years later, he won a major seven-stud tournament held in Dortmund. Four years later, Jon won the World Series of Poker 2002 which brought him his very first WSOP bracelet.

He defeated his opponent Brent Carter in the $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha main event. For this accomplishment, he brought home around $185,000. His second World Series of Poker bracelet came at the WSOP 2004 where he won the $5,000 Seven-Card Stud main event where he defeated Keith Sexton and collected around $293,275.

Among many other Jan’s notable appearances, several are definitely standing out. Back in 2008, Jan won the Master Classics of Poker and collected around €623,100. Moreover, Jan also cashed at the World Series of Poker 2007 main event where he finished as 602^nd placed.

He also cashed at the World Poker Tour two times as well as finished 5^th at the final table of the Doyle Brunson North American Poker Championship. Additionally, Jan represented his home country in the Poker Nations Cup.

• Won two World Series of Poker bracelets in 2002 and 2005
• Represented his home country at the major Poker Nations Cup
• Winner of the Master Classics of Poker 2008 Main Event