Bart Hanson

Bart Hanson was born and raised in the Boston area in Massachusetts. After graduating from college with a broadcasting-related degree, he moved to Los Angeles and got a bartending job. He had hoped to get into the business of TV but soon found an interest in poker after the moneymaker boom. 

Bart Hanson: Early Poker Days And Commentary

In 2003, after the moneymaker boom, poker was growing rapidly especially on the West Coast, where Bart had moved. He started playing with his colleagues at the bar they worked at in “sit & go” games. Around the same time, Bart got hold of one of David Sklansky’s books on Hold’Em which was Limit Hold’Em focused. This ignited his passion to understand the game deeply.

In 2004, Bart discovered The Bike and began playing regularly, eventually becoming a prop player on the payroll. The Live At The Bike Stream was created around the same time, allowing him and other prop players to comment on it. He believes that one hour of commentating is equivalent to 20 hours of playing experience. He is certainly one of the most sought-after commentators in the game with a great ability to analyze and articulate the action perfectly. 

Tournament Poker Results

Bart Hanson is well established in Hold’Em as well as Omaha and his live cash list on HendonMob is filled with both. His best live cash is $344,079 and he has total live earnings of $1,095,017.  In September 2004, Bart earned his first live cash by finishing 17th and 10th in two Los Angeles tournaments, earning just over $1,200.

In June 2007, Hanson made his WSOP debut in the $1,500 NLHE event, finishing 8th and cashing $55,246. A record-breaking first out at the World Series Of Poker. He played three more WSOP events over the next month and finished 33rd, 8th, and 115th, cashing an additional $100,682. Bart has gone on to cash in 47 WSOP events between 2007 and 2022.

Conclusion

In 2014, Bart founded CrushLivePoker to share his knowledge and experience of the game and help others to improve theirs. Hanson is a guru of the game, undoubtedly amongst those with the most poker knowledge and experience in the world.