02.06
Online Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or 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 presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in cash games?