Internet High Stakes Poker- Who is Gus Hansen?

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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While competing in online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of deep stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?

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