Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing game 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 biggest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. Gus won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has little or no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think tv can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found playing web poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes Omaha and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in cash games?
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