Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last game in 3 of the competitions. 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 history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere 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 best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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