Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players around the world. While competing in web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
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