Hansen's opponent was the Paris, France-based Rui Cao, a recent Full Tilt red pro who has been grinding the games at quite a pace in the last several months. He has has solid results at $25/$50 PLO with ambitions of moving up.
Cao, who plays on PokerStars as PepperoniF, even played Isildur1 on PokerStars and inquired about becoming one of his opponents on the Superstar Showdown
Challenge.
PepperoniF: wanna start asap if you are ok with 4plo
Isildur1: what
PepperoniF: the challenge
PepperoniF: im gohanounet/rui cao
Isildur1: I guess others are in line
Isildur1: ill mention u
Excluding 2-7 Triple Draw results, Hansen is up over $2.7 million in the first 7 weeks of 2011.
The last couple years, Hansen has begun a big downswing after February, so it will be interesting to see if that pattern continues in 2011.
