Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players in the world. While wagering on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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