05
March
Written by Tyrese.
Posted in: Poker
Gus Hansen experienced a wonderful year on the WPT where he was the only participant to achieve closing table in 3 of the competitions. Gus Hansen has appeared on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history competing against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen won a huge pot with quads against Negreanu’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the best gamblers around the world. While playing net poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus regularly competes in the 200/400 No Limit maximum buy in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then goes all-in. I accept that Hansen is an amazing poker player but certainly not even close to the regular players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is bankrupt, he has absolutely no reason to settle at the game with the minimum buy-in.
Buying in for the minimum takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is presumed 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 view of the real world every now and then. The best poker players in the world may be players you have won’t have heard about. Gus can be seen gambling on internet poker on Full Tilt. He generally plays in high stakes omaha/8 and hold’em. Gus has shown himself as a tournament player. Can he use his skills in money rounds?
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