Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 08/23/2025 03:25 am by Shelby
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game 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 may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?