Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the competitions. 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 largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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