Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Thursday, 29. September 2022
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
Posted in Poker by Natalia