Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
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