Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players in the world. While competing in net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world might just be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?