Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?
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