Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen 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 recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?