Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
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