Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big 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 enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
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