Internet High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?
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