Web Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?