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February
Written by Darwin.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final game in 3 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 history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
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