Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 10/19/2018 03:25 pm by Nolan
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen 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.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?