Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 06/03/2025 01:25 pm by Christopher
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. 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 up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep 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 total dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?