Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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