Posted by Reid | Posted in Poker | Posted on 23-10-2018
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While competing in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?