Online Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
by Colby on Thursday, February 24th, 2022
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
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