Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 01/07/2022 12:25 pm by Felipe
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?