Feb 062016
Gus Hansen had a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only player to achieve final poker table in three of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker history up against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen raked in a big pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has made many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best enthusiasts around the world. While participating in web poker, another side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL max buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is bankrupt, he has no reason to sit at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Playing for the minimum takes a majority of the ability out of big stack poker. Hansen is presumed to be 1 of the greatest players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy-in for the full dollar value. I believe tv can alter our view of the real world at times. The best poker players in the world may be players you have will not have heard about. Gus can be seen participating in online poker on Full Tilt. He generally competes in high stakes omaha high and hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he use his abilities in cash rounds?
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