Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 09/27/2020 02:25 am by IzaiahGus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?