Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game 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 may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?
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