Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?