Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players in the world. While wagering on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
