Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?
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