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Internet Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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