Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Friday, 16. February 2024
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?
Posted in Poker by Lilly