Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world could be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
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