Net Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 04/15/2026 11:25 pm by Marley
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv 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 generally plays in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?