Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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