Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus raked in a big pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. He frequently competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Gus more often than not buys in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very weak. He sits there waiting for a good hand and then goes all in. I believe Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is accepted to be one of the greatest players in the world but he cannot buy-in for the total amount. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world might be players you have never heard of before. Gus can be found participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly participates in big stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his skills in money games?
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