Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a large pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest enthusiasts in the world. While competing in net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an excellent poker player but not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the min buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest poker players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amt.. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world might just be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be seen wagering on internet poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in big stakes omaha hold’em and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his abilities in money rounds?
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