02
March
Written by Natalia.
Posted in: Poker
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Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final poker table in three 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 remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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