Net High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen

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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the last table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus 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 know Gus is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability 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 total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?