07
October
Written by Sophia.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
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