Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?