20
March
Written by Abdiel.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
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