Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve closing table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You may recall one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best players around the world. While gambling on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus often participates in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen frequently buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to play at the table with the min buy in.
Playing for the minimum takes almost all of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world might be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in high stakes omaha hi-low and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
