Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
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