Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
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