Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
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