Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha hold’em and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?
