Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing poker table in three 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 remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts around the world. While participating in net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world sometimes. The greatest players anywhere in the world might be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be found participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha/8 and Holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in cash games?