Internet Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 11/06/2021 07:25 pm by Skyla
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?