Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be one of the greatest poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the full amount. I think television can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money games?