Web 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 make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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