Web Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in 3 of the events. 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 largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?
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