Internet High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Saturday, 17. October 2020
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
Posted in Poker by Lilly