Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Monday, 26. October 2026
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final 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 recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?
Posted in Poker by Reed