Internet High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 07/20/2018 08:27 pm by Marley
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?