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January
Written by Bo.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest 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 best players in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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