Net Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 07/01/2024 05:25 am by Felipe
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?