Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest enthusiasts in the world. While gambling on net poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I know Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless he is broke, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might just be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?