Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts around the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 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 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?