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 competitions. 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 big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He often plays in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I believe television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money games?