Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. He frequently participates in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Playing for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He normally plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?