Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 12/20/2015 10:21 pm by Lilly
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?