Web High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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