Online Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 12/11/2018 02:25 am by Caylee
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?