Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve last poker table in three of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a massive pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus usually buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all-in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players anywhere in the world could be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be seen gambling on net poker on Full Tilt. He normally participates in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money games?
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