Online Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?