Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Tuesday, 26. January 2021
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
Posted in Poker by Winston