Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve closing table in three of the tournaments. 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 largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He won a big pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the best players around the world. While betting on online poker, a different side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Gus generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I know Hansen is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400NL. Unless he is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is assumed to be 1 of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our view of the real world every now and then. The greatest poker players in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen betting on web poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
