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Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?