Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
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