Online Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?