Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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