21
July
Written by Darwin.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
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