Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. 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 largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?