Posted by Anabel | Posted in Poker | Posted on 26-03-2016
Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world may be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?