Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 12/19/2015 11:21 am by Izaiah
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?