02.09
Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?