Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing game in three of the events. 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 history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?