Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not 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 Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?
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