05
April
Written by Kaila.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large 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 best players around the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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