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Web Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed 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 appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?