14
August
Written by Darwin.
Posted in: Poker
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Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
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