Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars 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 certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?
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