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Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?