Web High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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