Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last game in 3 of the events. 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 won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While betting on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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