Posted by Mara | Posted in Poker | Posted on 30-03-2020
Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While playing web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?