Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to make it to the final table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a huge pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest gamblers in the world. While playing web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys in for the min of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy in for the total amount. I believe tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have never heard about. Gus can be found wagering on net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?