Net Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 05/01/2016 03:21 pm by Lilly
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus 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 television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?