Internet Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?