Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While wagering on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world may be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?