Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last game 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best bettors around the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
