Jan 182025
Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive 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 strongest bettors in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of deep stack poker. Gus 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 tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in cash rounds?
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