Web Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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