Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to make it to the last game 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 might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best bettors around the world. While wagering on online poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere 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 best players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money rounds?