Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
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