Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
