Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only one to achieve closing game in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has made many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best players anywhere in the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen generally buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is a great poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best players in the world could be guys you have will not have heard of before. Gus can be found competing in online poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes Omaha and Holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his talents in money rounds?