Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Thursday, 2. December 2021
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the competitions. 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 high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players around the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
Posted in Poker by Reed