Internet Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 10/01/2015 02:21 am by Marley
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?