Net High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 of the competitions. 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?
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