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Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?