Online High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?

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Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve final poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently 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 excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.

Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?