Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While gambling on net poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is flat broke, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
