06
December
Written by Natalia.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network 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. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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