Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen

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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?