Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to achieve closing game in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While playing net poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 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 not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?