Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Sunday, 1. August 2021
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
Posted in Poker by Lilly