Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last game in 3 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 may remember one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest gamblers around the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total dollar value. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen competing in web poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
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