Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final table 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 might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?
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