Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players around the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
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