Net High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?

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Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 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 might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.

Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?