Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players in the world may 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 and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money games?