Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last poker table in 3 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 up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?