Internet Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?