Web Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 06/28/2025 07:25 pm by Valerie
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?