Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have never heard of. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
