Web Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Posted in Poker on 06/13/2026 03:25 pm by Valerie
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the closing poker 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 remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?