Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Posted in Poker on 07/06/2025 03:25 am by Rudy
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players around the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?