Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players around the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I think television can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money games?