Net High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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