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Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. 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 high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
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