09
March
Written by Sophia.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?
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