Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final 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 remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen 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 settle at the game with the min buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?

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