Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the final table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While participating in online poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen frequently buys-in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to settle at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the total amt.. I believe television can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world may be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be seen betting on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?