Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
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