Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 04/15/2018 11:25 pm by Shelby
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?