Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players around the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?