Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?