Internet Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final 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 recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players around the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?