Online Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?

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Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash games?