Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?