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March
Written by Cordell.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve final game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
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