Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table 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 largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
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