Web High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?
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