Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
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