Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While competing in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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