Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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