Online Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in three 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 competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?
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