Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in three 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 might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players around the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?
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