Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last 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 might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?
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