Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While participating in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the best players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world could be players you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He usually participates in big stakes omaha/8 and texas hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?
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