Gus Hansen experienced a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve final poker table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might remember one of the largest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While playing internet poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus frequently competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of $40, 000. Gus frequently buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the table with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes most of the expertise out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amt.. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world may be players you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found playing internet poker on Full Tilt. He usually plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash games?