Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While participating in internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?