30
July
Written by Kaila.
Posted in: Poker
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Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing 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 may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?
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