Gus Hansen enjoyed a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the last table in three of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared 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 recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. Gus secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors in the world. While betting on internet poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus frequently plays in the 200/400 No Limit max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Gus frequently buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits patiently for a good hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be one of the best poker players in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amount. I think tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best poker players anywhere in the world could be guys you have never heard about. Gus can be seen participating in internet poker on Full Tilt. He commonly competes in big stakes omaha high and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his talents in cash rounds?
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