Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the final table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
