Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a large pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest gamblers in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in net poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in big stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money games?