Nov 122024
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might just be guys you have never heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?
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