Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
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