Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors anywhere in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?