Net High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three 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 remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
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