Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
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