Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing game in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might just be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha hold’em and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?