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Net Big Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?