Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 10/22/2009 01:21 am by Izaiah
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed 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 at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?