Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in web poker on Full Tilt. He usually competes in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his talents in money games?