28
October
Written by Tyrese.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last poker table in three 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 recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently 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 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?
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