Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve last 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 may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest players anywhere in the world. While betting on net poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I think television can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have will not have heard about. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha hi-low and texas holdem. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in money games?