09
March
Written by Sophia.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?
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