Net High 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 closing game 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 might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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