Net High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the final game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN 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. Hansen raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?
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