Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
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