Net High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’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 participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
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