Gus Hansen had a marvelous year on the WPT where he was the only gambler to make it to the closing game in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might remember one of the largest pots in big stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a large pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many tv poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest players anywhere in the world. While betting on internet poker, another side of Hansen has been seen. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 NL max buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and plays very poorly. He waits for a good hand and then pushes all in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is flat broke, he has no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy in for the total dollar value. I think tv can alter our perception of the real world every now and then. The best poker players 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 competes in high stakes Omaha and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?
June 28th, 2020
Gracelyn
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