Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 09/19/2019 03:25 am by Marley
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?