07
February
Written by Michelle.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the final poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
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