Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one 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 largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?
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