Web Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Friday, 11. February 2022
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
Posted in Poker by Reed