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Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money games?