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August
Written by Kaila.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the final table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
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