Jun 092025
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While wagering on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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