Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?