Web High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Friday, 13. January 2017
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
Posted in Poker by Winston