Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may 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 high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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