06.04
Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?