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Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?