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Online High Stakes Poker- Gus Hansen

Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best bettors around the world. While betting on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.

Playing for the min takes most of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?