Gus Hansen had an amazing year on the World Poker Tour where he was the only player to achieve final table in 3 of the events. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on The Game Show Network where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in big stakes poker recorded history up against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a massive pot with 4 of a kind against Daniel’s full house. Hansen has earned many televised poker appearances and is deemed to be one of the greatest bettors in the world. While playing internet poker, a different side of Hansen has appeared. Gus regularly participates in the 200/400 NL maximum buy-in of $40, 000. Hansen usually buys-in for the minimum of Sixteen Thousand dollars and gambles very poorly. He sits there waiting for a decent hand and then pushes all in. I accept that Gus is an excellent poker player but certainly not even close to the everyday players at 200/400NL. Unless Gus is broke, he has no reason to play at the game with the min buy in.
Buying in for the min takes a majority of the skill out of big stack poker. Gus is accepted to be one of the best poker players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I think television can skew our perception of the real world every now and then. The greatest players in the world could be players you have never heard of. Gus can be found playing online poker on Full Tilt. He normally competes in high stakes omaha hi-low and hold’em. Gus Hansen has shown himself as a competition player. Can he back up his skills in money rounds?
