17
February
Written by Darwin.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
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