Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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