Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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