Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
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