Gus Hansen enjoyed a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve final poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently participates 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 poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat 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. Gus is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amount. I believe tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in big stakes Omaha and texas hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?