Posted by Reese | Posted in Poker | Posted on 02-12-2024
Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While participating in net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?