Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While participating in internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen usually buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes omaha/8 and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?