Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
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