Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 07/22/2019 03:25 am by Marley
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players around the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?