25
January
Written by Cordell.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in three 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 largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?
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