Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?
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