Poker Pro Shows How To Make Money Fast Online

Poker pro Gus Hansen has delivered a lesson in making quick money by earning a staggering $1 million in just one week of online poker play.

Hansen's Big Week

"The Great Dane," celebrated his 27th birthday in style this week by earning the million-dollar sum playing high-stakes games at [directory/pokerrooms/fulltiltpoker/|Full Tilt Poker Room], including one big day of $459,000 when he won big in Cap Pot-limit Omaha.

Hansen has now brought his 2011 total to an amazing $2.1 million overall, well ahead of his nearest competitor, with his recent victims including American poker instructor Phil Galfond.

Negreanu Also Starts Year Well

Over at the other big name poker room, Team PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu has also started off the year in a big way with earnings of $46,000 in a major high-stakes session.

Meanwhile, PokerStars announced it is adding 15 new players to its team, chosen from more than 4,500 applicants from around the online poker world.

The 15 players come from more than 11 countries, and include such big names from the community including Shane "shaniac" Schleger, Clayton "cnew27" Newman and Andrew "foucault82" Brokos, and the sole female player, Mer "PeachyMer" Brit.