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January
Written by Cordell.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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