Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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