Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world could be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
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