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Net Big Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?
Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?