Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While competing in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
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