Internet Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge 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 strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max 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 decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great 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 game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?