Thor Hansen

Thor Harald Hansen, born on 23 June 1947 and died on 5 December 2018, was a Norwegian professional poker player. Larry Flynt recruited him to play poker for him after Hansen played against him in Las Vegas in the mid-1990s. He had two WSOP bracelets, one from the 1988 WSOP in Seven-card stud and a later one in Deuce to Seven Lowball in the 2002 WSOP, and he finished in the money four times during the 2006 WSOP, coming second in the 3,000 dollar Omaha Hi/Lo event. He was part owner of the company Poker Blue, was awarded the first Norwegian Poker Player of the Year award in 2005 and was considered by many Norwegian poker players as their Godfather. In 2007 he finished 134th out of 6,358 in the 10,000 dollar No Limit Hold'em Main Event for 58,570 dollars and eighth in the 50,000 dollar H.O.R.S.E. event for 188,256 dollars.