Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his skills in cash rounds?
