Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. 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 remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in high stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money games?
