Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 05/21/2017 04:25 am by Shelby
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?