Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only gambler to achieve final game in 3 of the competitions. 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 raked in a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest gamblers around the world. While betting on online poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus generally buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400no limit. Unless Gus is penniless, he has little or no reason to settle at the table with the min buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be one of the best players in the world but he cannot buy in for the total dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world sometimes. The greatest poker players in the world may be guys you have won’t have heard of. Gus can be found betting on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha high and Holdem. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash games?
