Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?
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