Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. 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 gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
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