Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players around the world. While wagering on web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?
