Gus Hansen enjoyed an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to make it to the last poker table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he bought into the game for $400, 000. You may remember one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. Hansen secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Negreanu’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is thought to be one of the strongest bettors around the world. While competing in web poker, a different side of Hansen has been seen. Gus often participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen more often than not buys in for the min of $16, 000 and gambles very poorly. He waits for a decent hand and then goes all in. I accept that Gus is an outstanding poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless he is penniless, he has little or no reason to sit at the table with the minimum buy in.
Buying in for the min takes almost all of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is assumed to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he cannot buy in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The best poker players anywhere in the world might be guys you have will not have heard of. Gus can be found gambling on web poker on Full Tilt. He commonly plays in high stakes omaha hi-low and texas hold’em. Gus Hansen has proven himself as a competition player. Can he back up his talents in cash rounds?