Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. 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 biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen playing web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?
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