Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
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