Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
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