Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?
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