Web Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Thursday, 26. January 2023
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
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