Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
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