Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 08/13/2026 01:25 am by Skyla
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one 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 remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table 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 one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?