Web High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Friday, 19. February 2016
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
Posted in Poker by Winston