Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 01/16/2025 06:25 am by Jessie
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?