Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?