Internet High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception 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 gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
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