Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured 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 bettors in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
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