Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in three 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 may remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many tv poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest enthusiasts anywhere in the world. While playing online poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. He regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit max buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits patiently for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has little or no reason to play at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the minimum takes almost all of the expertise out of big stack poker. Gus is supposed to be one of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the total amount. I believe tv can skew our perception of the real world sometimes. The best players in the world may be guys you have never heard of. Gus can be seen playing net poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in big stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he use his abilities in money rounds?
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