Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can skew our view 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 gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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