Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve last table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 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 thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts around the world. While wagering on online poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world may be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
