Internet Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won 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 players anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?