Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the closing poker table 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 may recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players in the world. While gambling on web poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes 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 plays very weak. He waits for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?