Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a large pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the strongest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While gambling on online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He often competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I know Hansen is a great poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes most of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full dollar value. I think tv can skew our view of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world may be players you have won’t have heard of before. Gus can be found participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in big stakes omaha eight-or-better and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?