Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing poker table in 3 of the events. 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 largest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best players anywhere in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?
